# Rocky Linux SAS compatibility

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-8, rocky-linux-9\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782 "2025-03-04T16:46:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![sourcesensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@sourcesensei](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sourcesensei)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782/1 "2025-03-04T16:46:46Z")

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Hi there,

I’ve checked the compatibility matrix provided from the  
[vendor](https://support.sas.com/supportos/list?requestAction=summary&outputView=platform&sasrelease=&platformGroup=UNIX&platformName=Linux+64-bit) and it seems that Rocky Linux is not officially supported. Soon enough I will have to upgrade some Red Hat Enterprise 8 virtual machines to Rocky 8.10 and I would like to keep the SAS environment up & running. Is there a way to check if the upgrade will break the appliance? (Losing the support from the Vendor is not a problem)

Thank you in advance for your amazing support.

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**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782/2 "2025-03-04T16:55:20Z")

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If the software works on RHEL 8, then it will likely work on Rocky Linux 8. You will have to verify this, as some software looks at /etc/os-release and other files to determine if it’s RHEL and some software allows you to ignore the OS. Some of Oracle’s software for example does this.

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**Author:** ![sourcesensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@sourcesensei](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sourcesensei)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782/3 "2025-03-04T17:05:05Z")

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Thank you for your reply, right now I can’t replicate in a test environment what would happen after the Rocky upgrade but it seems that the whole **sas application** uses a custom java virtual machine extracted from a tarball and it’s not installated as an rpm so it shouldn’t be a problem, don’t know why the vendor doesn’t list it as supported though…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-sas-compatibility/17782/4 "2025-05-03T17:05:47Z")

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