Can't update NetworkManager on Fedora 9

tron_thomas · #1 28th September 2008, 09:54 PM

I am running Fedora 9 on an Intel CoreDuo system.

When trying to use YUMEX to update NetworkManager, the following error output is produced:

13:51:12 : Transaction Check Error: file /etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action from install of avahi-autoipd-0.6.22-10.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from package avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386
file /usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd from install of avahi-autoipd-0.6.22-10.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from package avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386
file /usr/share/man/man8/avahi-autoipd.8.gz from install of avahi-autoipd-0.6.22-10.fc9.i386 conflicts with file from package avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

What is needed so that this software can update properly?

willyb1946 · #2 3rd October 2008, 08:50 PM

I also have this problem. I noticed that the conflict involved a file from a version of avahi from FC7 (!) even tho I am running FC9. I ran the following to check for installed versions of avahi.

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[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ yum --obsoletes list avahi

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Installed Packages

avahi.i386                               0.6.17-1.fc7           installed       

avahi.i386                               0.6.22-10.fc9          installed

As seen, there is two versions of avahi installed, the current version and one still left from FC7 (?).
Under root, I ran the following to attempt to remove the obsolete one:

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[root@DESKTOP ~]# yum --obsoletes erase avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Setting up Remove Process

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package avahi.i386 0:0.6.17-1.fc7 set to be erased

--> Finished Dependency Resolution



Dependencies Resolved



================================================================================

 Package        Arch          Version               Repository            Size 

================================================================================

Removing:

 avahi          i386          0.6.17-1.fc7          installed             688 k



Transaction Summary

================================================================================

Install      0 Package(s)         

Update       0 Package(s)         

Remove       1 Package(s)         



Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

  Erasing        : avahi                                             [1/1] 



Removed: avahi.i386 0:0.6.17-1.fc7

Complete!

As shown, this 'appeared to work OK, but when I reran the failed updates, I got the same error. When I went back and reran the package list, the avahi from FC7 was STILL THERE!

Rerunning the erase again appeared successful, but again the package was still there.
Bottom line.....I can't find a way past this conflict. Does anybody else out there have a solution?

JohnVV · #3 3rd October 2008, 11:04 PM

did you clean yum and rpm

Code:

su -
yum clean all 
yum makecache
rpm --rebuilddb

willyb1946 · #4 4th October 2008, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnVV

did you clean yum and rpm

Code:

su -
yum clean all 
yum makecache
rpm --rebuilddb

I tried this. No dice. The same thing happens. The output from the above is as follows:

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root@DESKTOP ~]# yum clean all

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Cleaning up Everything

[root@DESKTOP ~]# yum makecache

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

livna                                                    | 2.1 kB     00:00     

filelists.sqlite.bz2                                     | 344 kB     00:01     

other.sqlite.bz2                                         | 605 kB     00:01     

comps.xml                                                |  12 kB     00:00     

primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 276 kB     00:00     

fedora                                                   | 2.4 kB     00:00     

filelists.sqlite.bz2                                     |  10 MB     00:13     

other.sqlite.bz2                                         | 3.4 MB     00:04     

Fedora-9-comps.xml.gz                                    | 311 kB     00:00     

primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 6.1 MB     00:07     

adobe-linux-i386                                         |  951 B     00:00     

filelists.xml.gz                                         | 173 kB     00:00     

other.xml.gz                                             | 2.0 kB     00:00     

primary.xml.gz                                           |  10 kB     00:00     

updates-newkey                                           | 2.3 kB     00:00     

filelists.sqlite.bz2                                     | 5.7 MB     00:07     

updateinfo.xml.gz                                        | 452 kB     00:00     

other.sqlite.bz2                                         | 9.0 MB     00:11     

comps-f9.xml                                             | 1.3 MB     00:01     

primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 2.8 MB     00:03     

updates                                                  | 2.6 kB     00:00     

filelists.sqlite.bz2                                     | 7.5 kB     00:00     

updateinfo.xml.gz                                        | 1.6 kB     00:00     

other.sqlite.bz2                                         |  12 kB     00:00     

comps-f9.xml                                             | 1.3 MB     00:01     

primary.sqlite.bz2                                       | 9.1 kB     00:00     

adobe-linux-i386                                               17/17

adobe-linux-i386                                               17/17

adobe-linux-i386                                               17/17

Metadata Cache Created

[root@DESKTOP ~]# rpm --rebuilddb

[root@DESKTOP ~]# yum --obsoletes list avahi

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Installed Packages

avahi.i386                               0.6.17-1.fc7           installed       

avahi.i386                               0.6.22-10.fc9          installed

Does anyone have any other ideas?

***Hlingler*** · #5 4th October 2008, 12:36 AM

Code:

[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ yum --obsoletes list avahi 
Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit 
Installed Packages 
avahi.i386                               0.6.17-1.fc7           installed        
avahi.i386                               0.6.22-10.fc9          installed

Try:
su -c rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

willyb1946 · #6 4th October 2008, 12:53 AM

Thanx Hlingler. Your suggestion worked with a slight modification. I could not run it all as one command. My output is as follows:

PHP Code:


			
[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ su -c rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

su: invalid option -- 'e'

Try `su --help' for more information.

[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ su -

Password: 

[root@DESKTOP ~]# rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

[root@DESKTOP ~]# yum --obsoletes list avahi

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Installed Packages

avahi.i386                               0.6.22-10.fc9          installed

Once this was done, I was able to run the final three package updates.

JohnVV · #7 4th October 2008, 02:18 AM

just off hand how many repo's do you have installed ,that makecache , is a bit long .
What is tha output of

Code:

yum repolist

this will output a list of "enabled " repos .

Nokia · #8 4th October 2008, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willyb1946

Thanx Hlingler. Your suggestion worked with a slight modification. I could not run it all as one command. My output is as follows:

PHP Code:


			
[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ su -c rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

su: invalid option -- 'e'

Try `su --help' for more information.

[bill@DESKTOP ~]$ su -

Password: 

[root@DESKTOP ~]# rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386

[root@DESKTOP ~]# yum --obsoletes list avahi

Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

Installed Packages

avahi.i386                               0.6.22-10.fc9          installed

Once this was done, I was able to run the final three package updates.

The other possibility and most likely what Hlingler meant was

Code:

su -c 'rpm -ev --noscripts avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386'

The purpose of this command is to run a single command as root, from your regular account.

***Hlingler*** · #9 4th October 2008, 04:13 AM

Perhaps more importantly: how many duplicate packages are lurking in there? If you got one, like cockroaches, chances are there's more. If not already installed, install and check (as root user):
yum install yum-utils
package-cleanup --dupes
package-cleanup --problems

Remove any old dupes as above with: 'rpm -ev --noscripts ...' and fix any dependency problems.

V

willyb1946 · #10 4th October 2008, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hlingler

Perhaps more importantly: how many duplicate packages are lurking in there? If you got one, like cockroaches, chances are there's more. If not already installed, install and check (as root user):
yum install yum-utils
package-cleanup --dupes
package-cleanup --problems

Remove any old dupes as above with: 'rpm -ev --noscripts ...' and fix any dependency problems.

V

Thanx for the suggestion. However, it looks like I got lucky as shown below. That was my one and only cockroach...er....dupe.

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root@DESKTOP ~]# package-cleanup --dupes

Setting up yum

[root@DESKTOP ~]# package-cleanup --problems

Setting up yum

Reading local RPM database

Processing all local requires

No problems found

willyb1946 · #11 4th October 2008, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnVV

just off hand how many repo's do you have installed ,that makecache , is a bit long .
What is tha output of

Code:

yum repolist

this will output a list of "enabled " repos .

My output is as follows:

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Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit

repo id              repo name                                status  

adobe-linux-i386     Adobe Systems Incorporated               enabled :      17

fedora               Fedora 9 - i386                          enabled :   9,897

livna                Livna for Fedora Core 9 - i386 - Base    enabled :     908

updates              Fedora 9 - i386 - Updates                enabled :      10

updates-newkey       Fedora 9 - i386 - Updates Newkey         enabled :   4,286

repolist: 15,118

***Hlingler*** · #12 4th October 2008, 03:04 PM

Looks to me like you're good to go. Try not to break too much stuff - the updates will take care of that.

V

brisemenu · #13 5th October 2008, 02:28 PM

Hello ,

I have the same problem , but I'm not a software specialist and just a beginer as linux user . Besides , I'm french and I don't always understand what is said in the answers . Perhaps will I change for another linux such as Mandriva or Ubuntu wich seems to be more popular in France .

Well , I applied the yum-utils.
But I do not see where I can find (and/or apply) the two other soft : package-cleanup --dupes and package-cleanup --problems.
Moreover , I'm unable two do the "Remove any old dupes as above with: 'rpm -ev --noscripts ...' and fix any dependency problems." I do not find how removing the cockroach if there are and where .

Could it be possible to describe preciselly me how to proceed with every step that are needed.

Thank you for helping .

quantumburnz · #14 5th October 2008, 02:40 PM

Hi brisemenu, if you installed yum-utils, all you should have to do is open a shell window and run
package-cleanup --dupes
package-cleanup --problems

You might have to be root to run them though so you may have to do
sudo package-cleanup --dupes
sudo package-cleanup --problems

if you have sudo setup correctly. Else, you can always
su - -c "package-cleanup --dupes"
su - -c "sudo package-cleanup --problems"

I hope that helps you some.

***Hlingler*** · #15 5th October 2008, 02:48 PM

Hi brisemenu:

'package-cleanup' is not an RPM package, it is the program contained in the yum-utils RPM package. '--dupes' and '--problems' are command options for 'package-cleanup' (either: find duplicates, or find problems). Other options are listed in: man package-cleanup.

If you have any more questions, do not hesitate to post.

V