Fail2ban fails to install

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I’ve installed fail2ban before on a CentOS 7 server. I upgraded it to AlmaLinux 8, and here is what happens:

dnf clean all
100 files removed
dnf install fail2ban
AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS 885 kB/s | 8.5 MB 00:09
AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream 1.7 MB/s | 15 MB 00:08
AlmaLinux 8 - Extras 24 kB/s | 13 kB 00:00
AlmaLinux 8 - Extras Source 2.9 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:00
AlmaLinux 8 - Plus 566 B/s | 257 B 00:00
AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools 1.1 MB/s | 4.0 MB 00:03
No match for argument: fail2ban
Error: Unable to find a match: fail2ban

It seems like it should be in the Extras (EPEL) repo. That one is enabled. What am I missing?

Thanks!

2

Extras isn’t EPEL, you need to enable EPEL.

3

Looks like it’s installed:
dnf install epel-release
Last metadata expiration check: 0:43:45 ago on Mon 18 Nov 2024 11:22:20 AM EST.
Package epel-release-8-19.el8.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

Though I don’t see EPEL in this list:
dnf repolist --all
repo id repo name status
appstream AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream enabled
appstream-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream debuginfo disabled
appstream-source AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream Source disabled
baseos AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS enabled
baseos-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS debuginfo disabled
baseos-source AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS Source disabled
extras AlmaLinux 8 - Extras enabled
extras-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Extras debuginfo disabled
extras-source AlmaLinux 8 - Extras Source enabled
ha AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability disabled
ha-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability debuginfo disabled
ha-source AlmaLinux 8 - HighAvailability Source disabled
nfv AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV disabled
nfv-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Debuginfo disabled
nfv-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time for NFV Sources disabled
plus AlmaLinux 8 - Plus enabled
plus-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Plus debuginfo disabled
plus-source AlmaLinux 8 - Plus Source disabled
powertools AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools enabled
powertools-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools debuginfo disabled
powertools-source AlmaLinux 8 - PowerTools Source disabled
resilientstorage AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage disabled
resilientstorage-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage debuginfo disabled
resilientstorage-source AlmaLinux 8 - ResilientStorage Source disabled
rt AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time disabled
rt-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Debuginfo disabled
rt-source AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Sources disabled
sap AlmaLinux 8 - SAP disabled
sap-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Debuginfo disabled
sap-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP Sources disabled
saphana AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA disabled
saphana-debuginfo AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Debuginfo disabled
saphana-source AlmaLinux 8 - SAP HANA Sources disabled

Should it be listed there? If so, how do I add it?

Thanks!

4

I would try dnf reinstall epel-release

5

That did it! Thank you so much!