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I am trying to update my AlmaLinux installation, but I am getting these errors. What’s the best way to update everything without breaking anything?

Repository powertools is listed more than once in the configuration
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:54 ago on Thu 18 May 2023 12:15:11 PM CEST.
Error:
Problem 1: cannot install both cups-libs-1:2.2.6-51.el8.x86_64 and cups-libs-1:2.2.6-50.el8.x86_64

  • package cups-1:2.2.6-50.el8.x86_64 requires cups-libs(x86-64) = 1:2.2.6-50.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package cups-libs-1:2.2.6-50.el8.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package cups-1:2.2.6-50.el8.x86_64
    Problem 2: cannot install both libgomp-8.5.0-18.el8.alma.x86_64 and libgomp-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
  • package gcc-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64 requires libgomp = 8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package libgomp-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package gcc-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
    Problem 3: package libstdc+±devel-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64 requires libstdc++(x86-64) = 8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install both libstdc+±8.5.0-18.el8.alma.x86_64 and libstdc+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package libstdc+±devel-8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package libstdc+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
    Problem 4: cannot install both perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
  • package perl-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64 requires perl-interpreter(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-421.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
    Problem 5: cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
  • package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-421.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
    Problem 6: package rpm-build-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64 requires rpm = 4.14.3-24.el8_7, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install both rpm-4.14.3-26.el8.x86_64 and rpm-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package rpm-build-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package rpm-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
    Problem 7: cannot install both libstdc+±8.5.0-18.el8.alma.x86_64 and libstdc+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
  • package gcc-c+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64 requires libstdc++ = 8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma, but none of the providers can be installed
  • libstdc+±8.5.0-18.el8.alma.i686 has inferior architecture
  • cannot install both libstdc+±8.5.0-18.el8.alma.i686 and libstdc+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.i686
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package libstdc+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.i686
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package gcc-c+±8.5.0-16.el8_7.alma.x86_64
    Problem 8: cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.x86_64
  • package perl-utils-5.26.3-421.el8.noarch requires perl-libs = 4:5.26.3-421.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.i686 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.i686
  • package perl-Errno-1.28-422.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-utils-5.26.3-421.el8.noarch
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-421.el8.i686
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-Errno-1.28-421.el8.x86_64
    Problem 9: problem with installed package rpm-build-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
  • package rpm-build-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64 requires rpm = 4.14.3-24.el8_7, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install both rpm-4.14.3-26.el8.x86_64 and rpm-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
  • package rpm-libs-4.14.3-26.el8.x86_64 requires rpm = 4.14.3-26.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  • cannot install the best update candidate for package rpm-libs-4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64
    (try to add ‘–allowerasing’ to command line to replace conflicting packages or ‘–nobest’ to use not only best candidate packages)
2

I have similar problem.

Error:
 Problem 1: package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
 Problem 2: problem with installed package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64
  - package perl-Errno-1.28-422.el8.0.1.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-Errno-1.28-422.el8.x86_64
 Problem 3: perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.i686 has inferior architecture
  - package perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl-1.06-422.el8.noarch requires perl-devel, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64
  - package perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1.x86_64 requires perl-libs(x86-64) = 4:5.26.3-422.el8.0.1, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl-1.06-422.el8.noarch
  - package perl-devel-4:5.24.4-404.module_el8.1.0+6019+b22674e1.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
  - package perl-devel-4:5.30.1-452.module_el8.4.0+2179+01326e37.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
  - package perl-devel-4:5.32.1-472.module_el8.8.0+3492+a62a1135.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)

perl-libs-5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 was installed, but cannot remove it, because it’s used for many other packages.

Any idea to fix?
Thanks.

3

Try updating the packages with “dnf” instead of “yum”. That worked for me.

4

Based on previous upgrades, this may be due to something in EPEL demanding a precise version and not accepting an upgraded library. Generally it will go away in a few days. If you are feeling brave you could try EPEL-testing or EPEL-next, but if it breaks you get to keep the pieces!

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# ls -l /bin/yum /bin/dnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 12  2022 /bin/dnf -> dnf-3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 12  2022 /bin/yum -> dnf-3

So yum and dnf are actually exactly the same php code.