[Fedora 43 DNF] Cannot find 'tint2' or 'epel-release' - 'No match for argument'

Hello everyone,

I’m encountering a major issue with DNF on my Fedora system running LXQt. I’m unable to install packages like tint2 or epel-release because DNF reports that it cannot find a match for the argument.

:cross_mark: Error when trying to install packages:
Command: sudo dnf install epel-release Output:

Failed to resolve the transaction:
No match for argument: epel-release

Command: sudo dnf install tint2 Output:

Failed to resolve the transaction:
No match for argument: tint2

It makes no sense to install epel on Fedora. It’s a repo that provides additional packages to epel distros that are included in Fedora already:

tint2 is only built for epel9

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As aforementioned, the majority of the packages in EPEL should be available to you in Fedora repo.

tint2 however is deprecated/frozen, which is why it’s packaged in EPEL9; the final release of tint2 is 17.0.2. (2022) See on Gitlab here

I would advise if no other package/choice meets your use-case then you should install from source/tarball. Good luck! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Tint2 doesn’t seem to be a current package anymore. However, I’ve been using an rpm for fc39, which has been working from fc40-43 without a problem. It’s tint2-17.0.2-2.fc39.x86_64.rpm

I see the explanation of why tint2 has disappeared from Fedora, although it’s available in FreeBSD, Arch, Alpine, and I’m sure just about any other system that offers openbox.
If you trust me, you can grab it off my site

https://srobb.net/tint2-17.0.2-2.fc39.x86_64.rpm

Then install it with sudo dnf install -y <path_to_rpm>

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