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I want to update to PHP 8.1 in my old Centos 8.5.2111 server. But I'm unable to install Remi repository. I get the following:

othing provides (redhat-release >= 8.7 or centos-stream-release >= 8) needed by remi-release-8.7-2.el8.remi.noarch

[xxxxx@yyyy ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 8.5.2111
[xxxxx@yyyy ~]$ sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm     https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-next-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:36:51 ago on XXX yy Feb 2023 12:07:52 AM CET.
epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm                                                                                              53 kB/s |  24 kB     00:00
epel-next-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm                                                                                         30 kB/s |  11 kB     00:00
Package epel-release-8-18.el8.noarch is already installed.
Package epel-next-release-8-18.el8.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[xxxxx@yyyy ~]$ sudo dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:37:07 ago on XXX yy Feb 2023 12:07:52 AM CET.
remi-release-8.rpm                                                                                                           247 kB/s |  31 kB     00:00
Error:
 Problem: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides (redhat-release >= 8.7 or centos-stream-release >= 8) needed by remi-release-8.7-2.el8.remi.noarch
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

Maybe I missing something?

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  • Does this answer your question? [Cannot download RemiRepo for CentOs 8](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73335143/cannot-download-remirepo-for-centos-8) – til Apr 06 '23 at 09:01

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The message seems clear.

You need to update to the latest version of the OS, as explained in the FAQ. Older versions are insecure and unsupported, and their support in 3rd party repository is not sustainable.

You can choose to switch to

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