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As I'll need to install the layrst version of Python, will need to install a particular repository - Inline with Upstream Stable (IUS) - that provides rpm packages for new versions of selected software.

If I was using CentOS 7, would run

yum -y install https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm

and then for installing Python would do something like

yum -y install python36u

If I try to run the initial command, then I get in the first command

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Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd

Cannot open: https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm. Skipping.

Error: Nothing to do

and in the second

Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd amzn2-core | 3.7 kB 00:00:00

No package python36u available. Error: Nothing to do

All in all,

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Considering I'm now using Amazon Linux 2,

NAME="Amazon Linux"
VERSION="2"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2"
HOME_URL="https://amazonlinux.com/"

Amazon 2 instead of CentOS

what would be the equivalent commands for Amazon Linux 2?

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  • Have you to follow the CentOS steps? AFAIK Amazon Linux is based on RHEL so it might just work. – Vojtech Trefny Oct 15 '20 at 11:03
  • @VojtechTrefny good idea. I just updated the question with that information – Tiago Martins Peres Oct 15 '20 at 11:19
  • `Cannot open: https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm. Skipping.` I think there is a problem with the URL -- it's not working, maybe the server is down temporarily? – Vojtech Trefny Oct 15 '20 at 11:47
  • @VojtechTrefny you're right. According to the documentation, it changed. You're welcome to write that as an answer and I'll add the screenshoots. Basically I had to run `sudo yum install https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm` as stated [here](https://ius.io/setup). – Tiago Martins Peres Oct 15 '20 at 12:01

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Answer base on discussion with @Tiago in the comments to help other with similar issue: Amazon Linux is based on CentOS 7 so the repository should work there. The repository has been moved https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm so the correct command to enable is

sudo yum install https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

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Once you install it, you can run the following command just fine

yum -y install python36u

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Source: https://ius.io/setup

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