Harvester install error Migration Failure - missing ncurses-compat-libs dependancy

Products

• Network Observability
• Network Flow Analysis

Issue/Introduction

When performing the installation, you might see a Migrator Failure errors message during a fresh installation:

Environment

Keyword: REHL 9 Red Hat ncurses-compat-libs ncurses compat libs

Cause

You may find that ncurses-compat-libs has been moved to the EPEL for RHEL 9, and this is a required prerequisite for NFA.

 

yum install ncurses-compat-libs
Last metadata expiration check: 1:46:30 ago on Wed 16 Oct 2024 01:34:24 PM UTC.
No match for argument: ncurses-compat-libs
Error: Unable to find a match: ncurses-compat-libs

Resolution

 

So it looks like a  missing prerequisite maybe be the cause in this issue:

ncurses-compat-libs

You may notice the following when trying to install it:

yum install ncurses-compat-libs
Last metadata expiration check: 1:46:30 ago on Wed 16 Oct 2024 01:34:24 PM UTC.
No match for argument: ncurses-compat-libs
Error: Unable to find a match: ncurses-compat-libs

To fix, try the following:

[root@server]# dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
[root@server]# dnf install epel-release

After this, you can try running the installer again:

[root@server]# yum install ncurses-compat-libs

Once the dependancy is installed, you can uninstall NFA, using the following steps:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/31363/how-to-completely-uninstall-a-linux-nfa.html 

After you've rebooted, you should be ready to reinstall once more.  With ncurses-compat-libs installed, you should be able to complete the NFA installation without issue.