Contributed RPMs for AlmaLinux 9/10: smbldap-tools, MySQL 5.7, PHP 5.4, and more

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Hi all,

I’ve been building and maintaining some custom RPM packages for AlmaLinux 9 and 10, which are required for production use in Japanese government and public-sector systems where AlmaLinux is officially adopted. The motivation came from real deployment needs at work.

The following packages are now available and maintained:

I hope these can be useful for others facing similar legacy or compatibility needs.
Feedback or suggestions are very welcome!

Thanks again to the AlmaLinux community for your great work.

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Today’s addition:

I have published rebuilt RPMs for AlmaLinux 9:

Both are based on Fedora 42 SRPMs, rebuilt and tested for AlmaLinux 9.

Note:
lbzip2 requires gnulib-devel as a dependency.
Use at your own risk; no support or warranty is provided.

If anyone finds these useful, please feel free to use or review them.

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Hi all,

I’ve rebuilt two missing RPM packages for AlmaLinux 10 that were previously removed from Fedora and not available in EPEL:

  1. perl-Crypt-SmbHash – required for Samba password hashes
    :link: GitHub - redadmin-k/perl-Crypt-SmbHash-almalinux10-rpm: RPM package of perl-Crypt-SmbHash for AlmaLinux 10, rebuilt from legacy Fedora sources and updated for Perl 5.40 compatibility.

  2. smbldap-tools – LDAP + Samba user/group management tools
    :link: GitHub - redadmin-k/smbldap-tools-almalinux10-rpm: RPM package of smbldap-tools for AlmaLinux 10 with updated Perl compatibility.

These packages were originally based on old Fedora sources.
I first rebuilt them for AlmaLinux 9 to restore compatibility, and then updated the spec files and dependencies to work on AlmaLinux 10 (Perl 5.40, RPM 4.18, etc).

They are fully working RPMs with source and spec files included.
Let me know if there’s interest in pushing these into a more official channel, or if review is needed.

Thanks!
– redadmin-k

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Rebuilt finger for AlmaLinux 10 is available here:

Use at your own risk — no warranty provided.

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Hi @redadmin ,

I realize it’s now almost a year after the last post to this thread, but I have found the github repos you made available previously to now be missing. I also saw your blog post on EPEL/Fedora difficulties, and I can guess the removal of the repos could be related…

I’m wondering if there is any chance these repos could/would be made available again? My organization is evaluating a migration to Alma 10, and several of the tools you published are ones we regularly use. I too found it disappointing some packages were not readily available for Alma 10.1 after installation. If the repos are not capable of returning and you are amenable to the idea, could you provide pointers/guidance on how one could duplicate your efforts?

Thank you in any case!

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Hi @schmidtm,

Thank you for your message.

The repositories were intentionally removed, so they are not currently available, and I am not planning to restore them.

Please note that those packages and repositories were provided only as personal, unofficial work. They were never official AlmaLinux packages or official distribution channels, and I do not provide any warranty, support commitment, or maintenance obligation for them.

In general, once packages become officially available, or once I no longer have a reason to maintain separate repositories, I remove them rather than continue maintaining parallel package sources. I also prefer not to leave old repositories online in a way that could be misunderstood as something official or continuously maintained.

Thank you for your understanding.

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These are still unofficial, personal RPM packaging repositories for legacy compatibility, migration testing, and build investigation. They are not official AlmaLinux packages and should be used at your own risk.