No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

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llwb
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No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by llwb » 2017/08/17 04:01:46

Is centos-release-scl still available for centos6.9 ? I got the following error when i run yum install -y centos-release-SCL or yum install -y centos-release-scl:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.sonic.net
* contrib: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
* extras: mirrors.unifiedlayer.com
* updates: mirror.dal10.us.leaseweb.net
base | 3.7 kB 00:00
contrib | 2.9 kB 00:00
contrib/primary_db | 1.2 kB 00:00
extras | 3.3 kB 00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00
No package centos-release-scl available.
Error: Nothing to do
here is my repo(/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo):
# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$ ... fra=$infra
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releas ... $basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$ ... fra=$infra
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releas ... $basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$ ... fra=$infra
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releas ... $basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$ ... fra=$infra
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releas ... $basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$ ... fra=$infra
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releas ... $basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
please help :(

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jlehtone
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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by jlehtone » 2017/08/17 06:01:10

I see it:

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# yum repolist
repo id                                         repo name                                                   status
base                                            CentOS-6 - Base                                             6,706
cr                                              CentOS-6 - CR                                                   0
extras                                          CentOS-6 - Extras                                              45
updates                                         CentOS-6 - Updates                                            460
repolist: 7,211

# yum -q list \*release\*
Installed Packages
centos-release.x86_64                                          6-9.el6.12.3                                @base  
centos-release-cr.x86_64                                       10:6-0.el6.centos                           @extras
epel-release.noarch                                            6-8                                         @extras
Available Packages
centos-release-gluster310.noarch                               1.0-1.el6.centos                            extras 
centos-release-gluster36.noarch                                1.0-3.el6.centos                            extras 
centos-release-gluster37.noarch                                1.0-4.el6.centos                            extras 
centos-release-gluster38.noarch                                1.0-1.el6.centos                            extras 
centos-release-gluster39.noarch                                1.0-1.el6.centos                            extras 
centos-release-openstack.noarch                                juno-2.el6                                  extras 
centos-release-scl.noarch                                      10:7-3.el6.centos                           extras 
centos-release-scl-rh.noarch                                   2-3.el6.centos                              extras 
centos-release-storage-common.noarch                           1-2.el6.centos                              extras 
centos-release-virt-common.noarch                              1-1.el6.centos                              extras 
centos-release-xen.x86_64                                      10:8-2.el6                                  extras 
centos-release-xen-44.x86_64                                   10:8-2.el6                                  extras 
centos-release-xen-46.x86_64                                   10:8-2.el6                                  extras 
centos-release-xen-common.x86_64                               10:8-2.el6                                  extras
Perhaps a cleanup would help:

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# yum clean all

llwb
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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by llwb » 2017/08/17 06:19:41

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[root@llwb Desktop]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Cleaning repos: base centosplus contrib extras updates
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors
[root@llwb Desktop]# yum install -y centos-release-scl
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * centosplus: centos-distro.1gservers.com
 * contrib: repos-lax.psychz.net
 * extras: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: centos-distro.1gservers.com
base                                                     | 3.7 kB     00:00     
base/primary_db                                          | 3.7 MB     00:05     
centosplus                                               | 3.4 kB     00:00     
centosplus/primary_db                                    | 1.4 MB     00:01     
contrib                                                  | 2.9 kB     00:00     
contrib/primary_db                                       | 1.2 kB     00:00     
extras                                                   | 3.3 kB     00:00     
extras/primary_db                                        |  21 kB     00:00     
updates                                                  | 3.4 kB     00:00     
updates/primary_db                                       | 2.5 MB     00:02     
No package centos-release-scl available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@llwb Desktop]# yum install -y centos-release-SCL
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * centosplus: centos-distro.1gservers.com
 * contrib: repos-lax.psychz.net
 * extras: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: centos-distro.1gservers.com
No package centos-release-SCL available.
Error: Nothing to do
I still got the same error :(

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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by remirepo » 2017/08/17 06:34:00

Should be in extras repository

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# yum list centos-release-scl
Installed Packages
centos-release-scl.noarch                  10:7-3.el6.centos               @extras
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llwb
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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by llwb » 2017/08/17 06:41:36

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[root@llwb Desktop]# yum list centos-release-scl
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * centosplus: centos-distro.1gservers.com
 * contrib: repos-lax.psychz.net
 * extras: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: centos-distro.1gservers.com
Error: No matching Packages to list
Mine is not showing anything :(
Last edited by llwb on 2017/08/17 06:52:12, edited 1 time in total.

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jlehtone
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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by jlehtone » 2017/08/17 06:42:39

What do you see with:

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yum -q list \*release\*

llwb
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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by llwb » 2017/08/17 06:51:58

here is the output i get, how come my list is so short compare to yours ?

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[root@llwb Desktop]# yum -q list \*release\*
Installed Packages
centos-release.i686    6-9.el6.12.3       @anaconda-CentOS-201703281202.i386/6.9
Available Packages
centos-release-cr.i686 10:6-0.el6.centos  extras                                
epel-release.noarch    6-8                extras

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Re: No package centos-release-scl available for centos6.9

Post by jlehtone » 2017/08/17 07:42:07

The devil is in the details. My listing was from 64-bit install. This is from 32-bit CentOS:

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# yum -q list \*release\*
Installed Packages
centos-release.i686                                     6-9.el6.12.3                                       @base  
centos-release-cr.i686                                  10:6-0.el6.centos                                  @extras
elrepo-release.noarch                                   6-8.el6.elrepo                                     @elrepo
Available Packages
epel-release.noarch                                     6-8                                                extras
Now we peek into https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResou ... tories/SCL
and find
(x86_64 only)
It seems that the answer to "is it still?" is "it never was".

It must have been deemed not worthwhile or not feasible to maintain a 32-bit build of SCL.
A 'rpmbuild --rebuild' from srpms might succeed, or the "not feasible" gets a proof.

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