yum install for postgres 9.6 rpm on Amazon Linux 2 on EC2 is failing due to dependency /etc/redhat-release

Below is the log

sudo yum install Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm | 5.6 kB 00:00:00 Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-BrRLfO/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm: pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-4.noarch Marking /var/tmp/yum-root-BrRLfO/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package pgdg-redhat-repo.noarch 0:42.0-4 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: /etc/redhat-release for package: pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-4.noarch amzn2-core | 2.4 kB 00:00:00 --> Processing Dependency: /etc/redhat-release for package: pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-4.noarch --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-4.noarch (/pgdg-centos96-9.6-3.noarch) Requires: /etc/redhat-release
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2 Answers

Try sudo amazon-linux-extras

Amazon has a dedicated channel

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sudo yum -y update sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg.repo<<EOF [pgdg12] name=PostgreSQL 12 for RHEL/CentOS 7 - x86_64 baseurl= enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 EOF sudo yum makecache sudo yum install postgresql12 postgresql12-server

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