# NousResearch/hermes-agent · AlmaLinux 8 install detection and GCC fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98938: \[Bug\]: Installation problems on AlmaLinux 8 (GCC version + OS detection)
- PR #98953: fix(install): RHEL-family support (AlmaLinux 8 GCC version + almalinux distro detection) \[fixes #98938\]

A bug report and two related fix attempts addressing installation failures on AlmaLinux 8, specifically around distro ID recognition and GCC toolset version handling for RHEL-family systems.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98938: \[Bug\]: Installation problems on AlmaLinux 8 (GCC version + OS detection)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98945: fix(install): recognize almalinux distro ID and RHEL-family gcc-toolset-12**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#98953: fix(install): RHEL-family support (AlmaLinux 8 GCC version + almalinux distro detection) \[fixes #98938\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98938`, `#98945`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`