I am trying to install VirtualMin on Rocky-Linux. is there some “easy” way to alter the install script to recognize Rocky-Linux like it normally recognizes Centos-8?
Installation of Virtualmin and related packages manually. This method is time-consuming, and requires a high level of technical experience. This is not recommended , except in cases where the automated installation is inappropriate or impossible.
YES i understand Rocky-Linux is just in a release-candidate mode, but i wanted to test out the Webmin/Virtualmin installation process ahead of time if possible.
The installer is pretty close to working on Rocky Linux. I don’t know details, but I’m pretty sure @Ilia has done installations on both Rocky and Alma. There may need to be updates to install.sh or slib.sh, I’m not sure. Maybe he can fill in the details of what’s needed.
If you search the forum for discussions of Alma Linux, Rocky will likely be a very similar story.
Edit: To be clear, you don’t need a manual install on Rocky. It is CentOS compatible. The only problems are with detection and maybe some minor issues. You should not do a manual installation on Rocky. The automated installer should still be used, it just may need minor tweaks to work.
Yes, currently the installer is pretty ready. We however haven’t added Virtualmin 7 repos yet, this is why you would need to manually edit vm_version string for now, before using this beta version of the installer.
You are welcome to give it a try and share your experience.
If you download the git version of that script that Ilia linked (different from what is on software.virtualmin.com), and change vm_version to 6, it will probably work.