Unable to update Fedora Linux due to some conflicts that I don't completely understand.
Hi!
Another linux noob here. I'm Gunjan Garg. I just know how to do what I use computers for, and don't know much about linux. Almost once in three or four days I run sudo dnf update in the terminal to make sure that my Fedora Linux is up to date. I never faced any problem with update before. But today, i.e. on May-25,2017, I wasn't able to update the system. Some 37 packages cannot be installed because a new file to be installed somehow conflicts with an rpm file that is already installed. Here's the details, please be kind to help me out if you think you can and have some time to waste... Thanks a lot.
Following the ten backslashes after the next sentence, you will find the terminal output for sudo dnf update. This output includes the sentence:
file /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstrawparse.so conflicts between attempted installs of gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.10.4-1.fc25.i686 and gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.11.91-2.fc25.i686
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[gunjan@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:29:46 ago on Thu May 25 16:55:22 2017.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package
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Upgrading:
autocorr-en
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-libs
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk
gstreamer1-plugins-base
gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel
gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools
gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk3
gucharmap
gucharmap-libs
libavdevice
libreoffice-calc
libreoffice-core
libreoffice-data
libreoffice-draw
libreoffice-emailmerge
libreoffice-filters
libreoffice-graphicfilter
libreoffice-gtk2
libreoffice-gtk3
libreoffice-impress
libreoffice-langpack-en
libreoffice-math
libreoffice-ogltrans
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts
libreoffice-pdfimport
libreoffice-pyuno
libreoffice-ure
libreoffice-ure-common
libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-x11
libreoffice-xsltfilter
libreofficekit
mint-x-icons
qt-remote-viewer
qt-virt-manager
xfce4-terminal
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 40 Packages
Total size: 135 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
[SKIPPED] autocorr-en-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.noarch.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] ffmpeg-3.1.8-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] ffmpeg-libs-3.1.8-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.10.4-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk-1.10.4-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras-1.10.4-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-base-1.11.91-2.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools-1.11.91-2.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-1.11.91-2.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gtk-update-icon-cache-3.22.15-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gtk3-3.22.15-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gucharmap-9.0.4-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] gucharmap-libs-9.0.4-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libavdevice-3.1.8-1.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-calc-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-core-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-data-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.noarch.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-pyuno-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-ure-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-gtk3-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-langpack-en-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.noarch.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-ure-common-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.noarch.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-filters-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-draw-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] libreoffice-graphicfilter-5.2.7.2-3.fc25.i686.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED ...
see if using
sudo dnf remove gstreamer1-plugins*will let the upgrade finish, then usesudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins*to put them back. as to your original question, if you edit, and select the text from terminal, then click the square on the edit toolbar that has the 101010 on it, it will preformat the text for a better display. I would also recommend runningsudo dnf clean packagesfirst, just to make it download fresh copies.Thanks steveebey73742 for teaching me that stuff about the 101010 toolbar. I didn't know that!
I ran the command sudo dnf clean packages, and 40 packages were removed.
Then, I ran sudo dnf remove gstreamer1-plugins* and the terminal said that 790 installed packages will have to be removed. I find this scary. I'll prefer 'never updating the Linux system' to 'screwing it and reinstalling a Linux system'. Everything on this Fedora Linux is working. I'm just unable to update.
Are you quite certain that if I go on to type 'y' and let it remove 790 packages, the system will still work perfectly?
Don't remove the 790 packages. It will most likely kill your system!
To update your system, and skip the broken gstreamer dependency, you can run
sudo dnf upgrade --best. Checkman dnffor a description of that function.I agree with @florian, 790 sounds ecessive. instead of using a wildcard, try removing them by using the full name of the package. I actually had those same 2 present this morning, on my updates, so now I am waching to see how it does for me.
So, I am now waiting to see if the problem gets resolved because of some major change that takes place within a few days/weeks. As of now I am not able to update because of that error message. And agreeing with florian, I am not removing any package.
steveebey73742 please let me know how you dealed with those two packages if you update your system successfully.
thanks for telling me about 'upgrade --best' florian. I'll read man dnf for the descriprion after posting this comment.
Thanks davidva. I had installed the gstreamer packages with Fedora. I did it to watch all videos and play songs.