diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c438f49..5c0b459 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: audit.base
 Title: Base package for Posit Checks
-Version: 0.7.6
+Version: 0.7.7
 Authors@R:
     person("Jumping", "Rivers", , "info@jumpingrivers.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Base package for sharing classes between posit audit
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d341d67..d57a451 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# audit.base 0.7.7 _2026-10-16_
+  * fix: `clean_libs()` strips only the architecture from RHEL package names, so names with dots, such as `java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel`, `libgit2_1.7-devel` and `gdal3.4`, are no longer reported missing. `get_installed_libs()` lists names with `rpm -qa`, which also works on SUSE (#59)
+
 # audit.base 0.7.6 _2026-10-16_
   * fix: `check_sys_deps()` reads the distribution from os-release `ID` and `ID_LIKE`, and passes `VERSION_ID` to Posit Package Manager, so Ubuntu 26.04, RHEL 10, Debian, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux work. If P3M or the package listing doesn't support a system, it warns with the reason and returns `NA` rather than stopping the audit (#58)
   * fix: System requirements come from `packagemanager.posit.co`, Posit Package Manager's current address
diff --git a/R/check_sys_deps.R b/R/check_sys_deps.R
index 174920f..267d52e 100644
--- a/R/check_sys_deps.R
+++ b/R/check_sys_deps.R
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ get_installed_libs = function() {
   if (identical(tool, "apt")) {
     libs = processx::run("apt", args = c("list", "--installed"))
     libs = stringr::str_split(libs$stdout, "\n")[[1]][-1]
-  } else if (identical(tool, "yum")) {
-    libs = processx::run("yum", args = c("list", "installed"))$stdout
-    libs = stringr::str_split(libs, "\n")[[1]][-(1:2)]
+  } else if (identical(tool, "rpm")) {
+    libs = processx::run("rpm", args = c("-qa", "--qf", "%{NAME}\\n"))$stdout
+    libs = stringr::str_split(libs, "\n")[[1]]
   } else {
     libs = character(0)
   }
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ clean_libs = function(os_release, libs) {
   if (identical(tool, "apt")) {
     libs = stringr::str_match(libs, "^[^/]*")[, 1]
     libs = switch_ubuntu_aliases(libs)
-  } else if (identical(tool, "yum")) {
-    libs = stringr::str_match(libs, "^[^\\.]*")[, 1]
+  } else if (identical(tool, "rpm")) {
+    # rpm -qa gives bare names; `yum list installed` lines start name.arch.
+    # Names can contain dots (java-1.8.0-openjdk), so strip only the architecture.
+    libs = libs[!stringr::str_detect(libs, "^(Installed Packages|Last metadata)")]
+    libs = stringr::str_extract(libs, "^\\S+")
+    libs = stringr::str_remove(libs, "\\.(x86_64|noarch|i[3-6]86|aarch64|ppc64le|s390x)$")
+    libs = libs[!is.na(libs) & nzchar(libs)]
   } else {
     os_name = os_release_value(os_release_df, "pretty_name") # nolint
     cli::cli_warn("Can't list the installed system libraries on {os_name}")
diff --git a/R/os-helper-functions.R b/R/os-helper-functions.R
index 6c65720..d8b7182 100644
--- a/R/os-helper-functions.R
+++ b/R/os-helper-functions.R
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ get_p3m_system = function(os_release_df) {
   list(distribution = distribution, release = release)
 }
 
-# apt or yum, which list installed packages in different formats; NA for any other OS
+# apt or rpm, which list installed packages in different formats; NA for any other OS
 get_package_tool = function(os_release_df) {
   distribution = get_p3m_system(os_release_df)$distribution
   if (distribution %in% c("ubuntu", "debian")) {
     "apt"
-  } else if (distribution %in% c("redhat", "centos")) {
-    "yum"
+  } else if (distribution %in% c("redhat", "centos", "opensuse", "sle")) {
+    "rpm"
   } else {
     NA_character_
   }
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-os-helper-functions.R b/tests/testthat/test-os-helper-functions.R
index 7d6f47e..6675b72 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-os-helper-functions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-os-helper-functions.R
@@ -50,3 +50,24 @@ test_that("P3M's reason for rejecting a system reaches the user", {
   expect_warning(get_pkg_requirements("rockylinux", "8"), "Unsupported system")
   expect_identical(suppressWarnings(get_pkg_requirements("rockylinux", "8")), NA)
 })
+
+test_that("clean_libs() keeps the dots in RHEL package names", {
+  rhel = c("ID=\"rhel\"", "ID_LIKE=\"fedora\"", "VERSION_ID=\"8.10\"")
+  yum = c(
+    "Installed Packages",
+    "java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64    1:1.8.0.412    @appstream",
+    "libgit2_1.7-devel.x86_64    1.7.2    @epel",
+    "gdal3.4-devel.x86_64    3.4.3-1    @epel",
+    "a-very-long-package-name-that-yum-wraps.noarch",
+    "                                   1.0-1          @appstream"
+  )
+  expected = c(
+    "a-very-long-package-name-that-yum-wraps",
+    "gdal3.4-devel",
+    "java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel",
+    "libgit2_1.7-devel"
+  )
+  expect_identical(clean_libs(rhel, yum), expected)
+  # rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\\n" gives the names as they are
+  expect_identical(clean_libs(rhel, expected), expected)
+})