# Installation Issues with rpm from EPEL

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** ansible, ansible-core\
**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017 "2024-07-03T13:34:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017/1 "2024-07-03T13:34:22Z")

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I’m attempting a fresh install on a Rocky v8 VM this morning, but am getting a dependancy error:

- nothing provides python3.11dist(ansible-core) \>= 2.15.3 needed by ansible-8.3.0-1.el8.noarch from epel.

I’m guessing there’s an error in the rpm .spec file where the dependency is defined, but I was wondering if anyone else is seeing this?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017/2 "2024-07-03T14:24:18Z")

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Sounds like you’re using a stale EPEL mirror. The current Rocky 8 AppStream is distributing python3.12dist(ansible-core) == 2.16.3, and the current EPEL mirror is distributing ansible-9.2.0-1.el8.noarch and requires python3.12dist(ansible-core) \>= 2.16.3. The older versions do not appear to be available anymore.

Rocky  
[https://rockylinux.pkgs.org/8/rockylinux-appstream-x86\_64/ansible-core-2.16.3-2.el8.x86\_64.rpm.html](https://rockylinux.pkgs.org/8/rockylinux-appstream-x86_64/ansible-core-2.16.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm.html)

[https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/AppStream/x86\_64/os/Packages/a/](https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/a/)

EPEL  
[https://rhel.pkgs.org/8/epel-x86\_64/ansible-9.2.0-1.el8.noarch.rpm.html](https://rhel.pkgs.org/8/epel-x86_64/ansible-9.2.0-1.el8.noarch.rpm.html)

[https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86\_64/Packages/a/](https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/)

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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017/3 "2024-07-03T14:37:03Z")

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Yup. I see it now. Going to have to investigate my EPEL setup. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-issues-with-rpm-from-epel/7017/4 "2025-01-07T17:46:40Z")

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