# Unable to install mariadb-devel

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-9\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460 "2023-10-02T18:05:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![robnicholsonmalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/robnicholsonmalt/32/3615_2.png) [@robnicholsonmalt](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/robnicholsonmalt)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460/1 "2023-10-02T18:05:56Z")

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Currently evaluating Rocky Linux as a replacement for Centos v7. My knowledge of Linux is middling and I get very confused by package managers 😉 I’m trying to install MariaDB server with the development modules (needed by Seafile). yum -y install mariadb-server works a treat but it fails when I try to install the development modules: yum -y install mariadb-devel

> Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:20 ago on Mon 02 Oct 2023 19:02:31 BST.  
> No match for argument: mariadb-devel  
> Error: Unable to find a match: mariadb-devel

Can’t find anything specific on here around mariadb-devel except somebody mentioned that none of the devel modules are available. How do I enable them? Ta!

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460/2 "2023-10-02T18:07:44Z")

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Use the devel repo and you’ll find your package.

```auto
[root@xmpp01 ~]# dnf install mariadb-devel --enablerepo=devel;
Rocky Linux 9 - Devel WARNING! FOR BUILDROOT ONLY DO NOT LEAVE ENABLED 4.6 MB/s | 13 MB 00:02
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Mon 02 Oct 2023 11:06:57 AM MST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================================================================================================
 Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
 mariadb-devel x86_64 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0 crb 1.0 M
Installing dependencies:
 mariadb-connector-c x86_64 3.2.6-1.el9_0 appstream 195 k
 mariadb-connector-c-config noarch 3.2.6-1.el9_0 appstream 9.8 k
 mariadb-connector-c-devel x86_64 3.2.6-1.el9_0 appstream 55 k
 openssl-devel x86_64 1:3.0.7-17.el9_2 appstream 3.0 M
 zlib-devel x86_64 1.2.11-39.el9 appstream 44 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 mariadb-connector-c-doc noarch 3.2.6-1.el9_0 crb 98 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================================================
Install 7 Packages

Total download size: 4.4 M
Installed size: 11 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

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**Author:** ![robnicholsonmalt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/robnicholsonmalt/32/3615_2.png) [@robnicholsonmalt](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/robnicholsonmalt)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460/3 "2023-10-02T18:10:50Z")

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Thanks for the VERY rapid answer. Worked a treat 🙂 The package manager dnf isn’t something I’ve used before.

Later…

What I’ve learnt today is that dnf is effectively a replacement for yum with more features.

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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:** [December 1, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-mariadb-devel/11460/4 "2023-12-01T18:10:55Z")

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