Openfire upgrade to >v5.0.0-1 java dependency on Rocky 8

Openfire
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Hello all!

I have been running a couple Openfire clustered servers for years now without and issues.

I would like to upgrade to V5 but the rpm install fails dependency checks. Here is the info from the server I am trying to update.

Rocky Linux 8.10 currently running Openfire v4.7.5.

java --version
openjdk 24.0.2 2025-07-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Red_Hat-24.0.2.0.12-1) (build 24.0.2+12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Red_Hat-24.0.2.0.12-1) (build 24.0.2+12, mixed mode, sharing)

When attempting to install the RPM I get:
error: Failed dependencies:
java >= 1:17.0.0 is needed by openfire-5.0.0-1.noarch

I have also tried to install it with:
java --version
openjdk 17.0.16 2025-07-15 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Red_Hat-17.0.16.0.8-1) (build 17.0.16+8-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Red_Hat-17.0.16.0.8-1) (build 17.0.16+8-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
And get the same error.

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

Ron Fancella

2

Maybe your JRE was installed manually so the package manager think it’s not installed

3

Thank you stokito for your prompt reply.

It was installed by dnf.

4 
Please show what a package version there, I don't know how but it may be something like `dnf list openjdk`.
As a guess, the dependency version should be not `java >= 1:17.0.0` but something like `java >= 17.0.0`.
5

Anyway, you should be able to install a package with ignoring of dependencies. Check the dnf help for something like –force-depend`