#5328 Oracle Linux 8.1 not supported - can not install

[Michael]

Oracle Linux 8.1 not supported.
While installing from repo, I receive

Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: webmin-1.930-1.noarch 1/1
Unable to identify operating system
error: %prein(webmin-1.930-1.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 2

Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package webmin
Verifying : webmin-1.930-1.noarch 1/1

Failed:
webmin-1.930-1.noarch

[Jamie Cameron]

What do the files /etc/issue and /etc/enterprise-release contain on an Oracle Linux 8.1 system?

[Michael]

\S
Kernel \r on an \m

There is on /etc/enterprise-release.

Instead I have /etc/oracle-release

Oracle Linux Server release 8.1

/etc/os-release

NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="8.1"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="8.1"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 8.1"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:1:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.oracle.com/"

ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 8"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.1
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux"
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.1

etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.1 (Ootpa)

/etc/system-release

Oracle Linux Server release 8.1

/etc/system-release-cpe

cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:1:server

[Jamie Cameron]

Thanks, I'll add support for Oracle Linux in the next Webmin release.