1. Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 Update 3 - Release Notes (Version 5.15.0-300)
  2. Installation and Availability
  3. Obtaining Packages for Installation

Obtaining Packages for Installation

If you have a subscription to Oracle Unbreakable Linux support, you can obtain the packages for UEK R7 by registering the system with the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and then subscribing it to any extra channels. See Subscribing to ULN Channels.

If the system isn't registered with ULN, you can obtain most of the required packages from the Oracle Linux yum server. See Enabling Access to Oracle Linux Yum Server Repositories.

When you have subscribed the system to the appropriate ULN channels or to the Oracle Linux yum server, you can proceed to upgrade the system to UEK R7. See Upgrading a System to UEK R7.

Enabling Access to Oracle Linux Yum Server Repositories

Packages for UEK R7 and any associated user space applications are available on the Oracle Linux yum server at https://yum.oracle.com/.

For Oracle Linux 8, the kernel images and all the associated user space packages for both the x86_64 and aarch64 platforms are made available by enabling the following repositories:

  • ol8_UEKR7

  • ol8_baseos_latest

For Oracle Linux 9, the kernel images and all the associated user space packages for both the x86_64 and aarch64 platforms are made available by enabling the following repositories:

  • ol9_UEKR7

  • ol9_baseos_latest

To enable access to repositories on the Oracle Linux yum server, use the dnf config-manager command and specify the appropriate repositories for the release that you're running.

For example, you would enable access to the Oracle Linux 8 repositories as follows: 

sudo dnf config-manager --enable ol8_baseos_latest ol8_UEKR7

Note:

You can only use the dnf config-manager to enable or disable repositories that already have a configuration file for the specified repository. Repository configurations are typically stored in the /etc/yum.repos.d file. The repository configurations that are required to install the UEK release on Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 9 are included in the oraclelinux-release-el8 and oraclelinux-release-el9 packages. Note that you might need to update the package to the latest version to obtain the correct yum repository configuration.

Subscribing to ULN Channels

For Oracle Linux 8, kernel image and user space packages are made available for the x86_64 platform in the following ULN channels:

  • ol8_x86_64_UEKR7

  • ol8_x86_64_baseos_latest

For Oracle Linux 8, kernel image and user space packages are made available for the aarch64 platform in the following ULN channels:

  • ol8_aarch64_UEKR7

  • ol8_aarch64_baseos_latest

For Oracle Linux 9, kernel image and user space packages are made available for the x86_64 platform in the following ULN channels:

  • ol9_x86_64_UEKR7

  • ol9_x86_64_baseos_latest

For Oracle Linux 9, kernel image and user space packages are made available for the aarch64 platform in the following ULN channels:

  • ol9_aarch64_UEKR7

  • ol9_aarch64_baseos_latest

The following instructions assume that you have already registered the system with ULN.

To subscribe a system to a ULN channel:

  1. Sign in to https://linux.oracle.com with a ULN username and password.

  2. On the Systems tab, in the list of registered machines, click the link that corresponds to the name of the system.

  3. On the System Details page, click Manage Subscriptions.

  4. On the System Summary page, from the list of available channels, select each of the required channels, then click the right arrow to move the selected channel to the list of subscribed channels.

  5. Click Save Subscriptions.

For more information about using ULN, see Oracle Linux: Managing Software on Oracle Linux.