.. include:: _includes/linux-preamble.rst

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Installing the pre-requirements
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4-8.x and its derivatives have all required packages available in official repositories.
Install them with dnf:

.. prompt:: bash

    sudo dnf -y update
    sudo dnf -y group install development
    sudo dnf -y install python39 python39-pip python39-devel java-11-openjdk-headless nano git

Set ``java`` executable to point to Java 11:

.. prompt:: bash

    sudo alternatives --set java "java-11-openjdk.$(uname -i)"

.. Include common instructions:

.. include:: _includes/create-env-with-venv.rst

.. include:: _includes/install-and-setup-red-unix.rst
