Install latest podman version from rpm package

[b3n3w]

Hi there,

i would like to install the latest podman version on our almalinux 9 test server. When trying to install the downloaded package from pkgs.org, it reports that the podman-catatonit should be installed first. But when trying to install this package, it claims also that podman 4.1.1 should be installed before.

How can i avoid this ?

sudo rpm -i podman-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm warning: podman-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 8483c65d: NOKEY error: Failed dependencies: podman-catatonit >= 2:4.1.1-1.el9 is needed by podman-2:4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64

sudo rpm -i podman-catatonit-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm warning: podman-catatonit-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 8483c65d: NOKEY error: Failed dependencies: podman = 2:4.1.1-1.el9 is needed by podman-catatonit-2:4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64

podman rpm:
https://centos.pkgs.org/9-stream/centos-appstream-x86_64/podman-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm.html

[vrothberg]

Thanks for reaching out, @b3n3w!

@jnovy @lsm5, do you know what's going on?

[b3n3w]

I "fixed" it by just installing the packages at the same time:

sudo rpm -ivh podman-catatonit-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm podman-4.1.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

[lsm5]

@b3n3w yes, installing them together is the way to go. Also, an alternative to downloading + rpm -ivh would be to sudo dnf install $PODMAN_RPM_URL $CATATONIT_RPM_URL

[mailinglists35]

where to get $PODMAN_RPM_URL & $CATATONIT_RPM_URL for EL9/OL9 from? or did you simply meant passing the koji url directly to dnf?

[nikhilkd1999]

Hey @vrothberg / @b3n3w, I tried updating podman with cmd

rpm -U podman-4.9.4-0.1.module_el8+971+3d3df00d.x86_64.rpm podman-catatonit-4.9.4-0.1.module_el8+971+3d3df00d.x86_64.rpm in my RHEL 8 machine.

I used RPMs from here.

My existing Podman version was 4.6.1 and it got upgraded to 4.9.4-dev.

Any idea why the dev version is getting installed? How do I get rid of dev version?

[lsm5]

we have built 4.9.4-1 for centos 8 stream but that hasn't landed yet in the main repos. You can get the rpms from: https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=60260 .

Also FYI, centos 8 stream will be frozen at the end of May 2024, so there won't be any further updates to podman on that environment after that. You should consider switching to an EL 9 environment or look at getting your podman builds some other way.

[nikhilkd1999]

Thanks @lsm5!!

[mailinglists35]

@lsm5 what's the best strategy to override EL9 distro packages with those from latest build? manually download the corresponding rpm from koji and dnf localinstall / rpm -U ?

$ rpm -aq|grep podman
podman-5.2.2-15.0.1.el9_5.x86_64
cockpit-podman-93.1-1.el9_5.noarch
podman-plugins-5.2.2-15.0.1.el9_5.x86_64
podman-compose-1.0.6-3.el9.noarch
podman-docker-5.2.2-15.0.1.el9_5.noarch

[lsm5]

depends. if those are from a dnf repo, you could enable it and just run dnf update. Else you could download the rpms and run dnf update $PATH_TO_RPM_FILE1 $PATH_TO_RPM_FILE2 . If it complains about conflicts you can try adding the options --best and/or --allowerasing .

[lsm5]

Don't think this needs to stay open. Please open a new issue / bugzilla if you notice issues with rpms.