I hit the same problem while installing HDP 2.6.4 on POWER systems. I got over the problem be adding the optional package to the repos. If you have a network or local RHEL repository you need to have the following listed as one of the baseurls: baseurl=ftp://<userID>:<password>@<ftpHostName>/redhat/release_cds/<rhelRelease>/Server-optional/ppc64le/os/ e.g.: baseurl=ftp://<userID>:<password>@<ftpHostName>/redhat/release_cds/RHEL-7.4-GA/Server-optional/ppc64le/os/ ... View more