Hello
As always with older versions of AlmaLinux, I installed the Epel repository so that Redis is available for installation. dnf doesn’t find Redis on AlmaLinux 10.
Now I’ve discovered that Redis is present in the “AlmaLinux Devel x86_64” repository. A dnf repolist shows that this repo isn’t installed.
Interestingly, all the “How to install Redis on AlmaLinux 10” posts don’t mention this.
What should I do now?
Thanks!
Hello
I think you can install redis using the following method.
However, since it’s in devel.repo, doesn’t that mean it might be less stable?
Please be careful if you use it.
[redadmin@alma10 ~]$ sudo yum -y install almalinux-release-devel
Last metadata expiration check: 3:20:13 ago on Sat Sep 20 20:37:32 2025.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
almalinux-release-devel x86_64 10-1.el10 extras 7.4 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 7.4 k
Installed size: 1.0 k
Downloading Packages:
almalinux-release-devel-10-1.el10.x86_64.rpm 59 kB/s | 7.4 kB 00:00
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Total 6.8 kB/s | 7.4 kB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : almalinux-release-devel-10-1.el10.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
almalinux-release-devel-10-1.el10.x86_64
Complete!
[redadmin@alma10 ~]$ sudo yum list redis
AlmaLinux 10 - Devel 144 kB/s | 472 kB 00:03
Available Packages
redis.x86_64Hello
After installing the repository AlmaLinux 10 - Devel, a dnf install redis installs “valkey-compat-redis” instead of “Redis”.
I then read up on it and learned that Valkey is an open-source fork of Redis. Apparently, there have been changes to Redis.
Perhaps this is one reason why AlmaLinux 10 offers Valkey instead of Redis.
Hello
The following method uses redis, but valky might be better.
In /etc/yum.conf,
exclude=valky*
[root@alma10 ~]# cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
gpgcheck=1
installonly_limit=3
clean_requirements_on_remove=True
best=True
skip_if_unavailable=False
exclude=valkey*
[root@alma10 ~]# yum install redis
Last metadata expiration check: 2:28:47 ago on Sun Sep 21 03:22:45 2025.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
redis x86_64 7.2.4-4.el10 devel 1.5 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 1.5 M
Installed size: 5.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
redis-7.2.4-4.el10.x86_64.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 1.5 MB 00:01
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Total 672 kB/s | 1.5 MB 00:02
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: redis-7.2.4-4.el10.x86_64 1/1
Installing : redis-7.2.4-4.el10.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: redis-7.2.4-4.el10.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
redis-7.2.4-4.el10.x86_64
Complete!Because of License change (non OpenSource), redis was replaced by valkey (an OpenSource fork) in EL-10
EL-9.7 will also have valkey
So I recommend to use valkey from the distribution which is fully compatible from the client point of view.
I don’t know why the valkey-compat-redis or the redis package are present in the “devel” repository (probably some artefacts from the EL-10 early dev stage). redis seems outdated (EL-9 has 7.2.10, the latest 7.2), valkey-compat-redis is not supported upstream (RHEL).
If you really need and really want redis or newer version of valkey, you can read:
But these are not official packages.
Thank you for your reply.
I understand that valkey from the distribution is the recommended way. I appreciate the clarification.
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Thank you for the clarification. Let’s got for valkey 
And many many installation pages for redis are now garbage 
@remy
On last question: Needs the package valkey-compat-redis for compatibility reasons to be installed?
Thanks!
As I said, this package is not available and not supported in RHEL
It is inherited from Fedora, mostly provides aliases for redis-* commands and a migration script (which is really not perfect)
So, it is not needed.