How do I fix "Error: Unable to find a match: "?

Find the real name: `dnf search ` and `dnf provides '*/ '`. Use the version-namespaced package where AL2023 splits versions, e.g. `dnf install -y python3.11` / `nginx1.24` / `postgresql15`. If it lived behind amazon-linux-extras on AL2, it's now a default dnf package, version-namespaced, or in SPAL — enable SPAL instead of the old extras topic. Do not add a repository built for another distribution. Check SPAL, which is built for AL2023 but has separate support limitations; if the package is absent, vendor or build it deliberately. Check support status/dates with the `dnf-plugin-support-info` plugin before standardizing on a package. Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/ug/package-management.html

Amazon Linux 2023

Error: Unable to find a match: <package>

Error: Unable to find a match: <package>

What it means

A package that existed on Amazon Linux 2 isn't in the Amazon Linux 2023 repositories under that name.

Why it happens

AL2023's repositories differ from AL2's. A package may have been renamed, made version-namespaced (python3.11, nginx1.24, postgresql15), moved to SPAL (Supplementary Packages for Amazon Linux), left to EPEL, or dropped. Scripts that `dnf install <old-name>` (or `yum install`, which now routes to dnf) fail with 'Unable to find a match'.

How to fix it

Find the real name: `dnf search <keyword>` and `dnf provides '*/<binary>'`.
Use the version-namespaced package where AL2023 splits versions, e.g. `dnf install -y python3.11` / `nginx1.24` / `postgresql15`.
If it lived behind amazon-linux-extras on AL2, it's now a default dnf package, version-namespaced, or in SPAL — enable SPAL instead of the old extras topic.
Do not add a repository built for another distribution. Check SPAL, which is built for AL2023 but has separate support limitations; if the package is absent, vendor or build it deliberately.
Check support status/dates with the `dnf-plugin-support-info` plugin before standardizing on a package.

Related deadline: Amazon Linux 2 EOL — 2026-06-30.

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Primary source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/ug/package-management.html

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