# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preflight dnf package availability in Bot Desktop installer

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #136688: Bug: Bot Screen installer assumes Fedora packages on Amazon Linux instead of preflighting availability
- PR #137773: fix(bot-desktop): preflight dnf package availability before the privileged install

Three members (two fixes and one bug report) concern the Bot Desktop/Bot Screen installer checking whether dnf packages are available before running the privileged install. The bug title mentions Fedora package assumptions on Amazon Linux; the titles alone do not show the outcome or status of the changes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #136688: Bug: Bot Screen installer assumes Fedora packages on Amazon Linux instead of preflighting availability

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#136762: fix: preflight Bot Desktop dnf packages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#136688`
- **#137773: fix(bot-desktop): preflight dnf package availability before the privileged install**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/subcommands/computer_use_screen.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_computer_use_screen_install.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_desktop_install.py`, `tools/bot_desktop/install.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `environments`