# Synergy Repository
# About
Synergy repository contains packages that are not present in RHEL or EPEL yet but were requested by the Community for the Community. This repository can be considered a pre-EPEL repo, since the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, as a member of the EL community, will make every effort to get packages into EPEL so that they become widely available on all RHEL-compatible distributions. The release package of the Synergy repository also allows you to use it not only with AlmaLinux, but with any RHEL-compatible distribution, see the instructions below.
Package removal policy
Please, note, that as soon as a package is in EPEL or RHEL, it will be removed from the Synergy repository.
# Enabling the repository
Synergy repository can be enabled for AlmaLinux OS and for other distros in EL-ecosystem like RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, etc.
To enable the Synergy repository on AlmaLinux machines run the following command:
dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy
To enable the Synergy repository on any RHEL-compatible distribution run the following command:
dnf install -y https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/almalinux-release-synergy-latest-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm
Enabling PowerTools/CRB repository
Please, note, that enabling the Synergy repository will also automatically enable EPEL and PowerTools/CRB repositories if epel-release provided by your distribution is recent enough. If you still don't have PowerTools/CRB enabled you should run the following:
dnf update -y epel-release
crb enable
Distributions without epel-release package
If your distribution doesn't provide epel-release package you'll get a dependency error during almalinux-release-synergy package install. In this case use the following command to enable the Synergy repository:
dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm \
https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/almalinux-release-synergy-latest-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm
Available packages can also be found on repo.almalinux.org (opens new window):
You can use the closest mirror (opens new window) for faster access.
# Request a package
A package can be requested via Packaging chat channel (opens new window) in Mattermost. To be included in the Synergy repository, a package must meet the following criteria:
- The package must not be in the RHEL repositories (including additional repositories like RT, NFV, SAP, etc.)
- The package must not be in the EPEL repository
- The package must not update, replace, or conflict with packages from RHEL and EPEL
- The package developer does not maintain a YUM/DNF repository for RHEL-compatible distributions