Hi All, I had this recently when I did ctrl-c in the middle of a long 'yum -y update' and was left with 161 duplicate packages and a feeling of deep regret....
i had to write script to do rpm -e <packag> --nodeps on a list of the duplicate packages. The system is now fully functional again and I have learnt my lesson! Rhys On 13 May 2013 04:30, Jamie Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > Read that article. There's an option in yum that can turn on/off that > behavior in RHEL6 and clones. > > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Todd And Margo Chester < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 05/12/2013 08:10 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: >> >>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Todd And Margo Chester >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Todd And Margo Chester >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]**>__>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> Yum is giving me a error I don't know how to handle: >>>>> >>>>> # yum --skip-broken upgrade >>>>> ... >>>>> Error: Protected multilib versions: >>>>> sqlite-3.6.23.1-0.3.el6.x86_64 >>>>> != sqlite-3.6.20-1.el6.i686 >>>>> Error: Protected multilib versions: >>>>> raptor-1.4.21-0.10.el6.x86_64 != >>>>> raptor-1.4.18-5.el6_2.1.x86___**__64\ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What is a "Protected multilib version"? And, how do I >>>>> fix it? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, >>>>> -T >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 05/12/2013 07:25 PM, Jamie Duncan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> try: >>>>> >>>>> rpm -qa sqlite >>>>> >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>> rpm -qa raptor >>>>> >>>>> You likely have multiple versions installed, and need to yum >>>>> remove the >>>>> older one (assuming that's the one you want removed). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Jamie, >>>>> >>>>> # rpm -qa sqlite\* >>>>> sqlite-3.6.20-1.el6.i686 >>>>> sqlite-3.6.20-1.el6.x86_64 >>>>> >>>>> When I tried to remove sqlite, oh holy molly: >>>>> >>>> >>> On 05/12/2013 08:07 PM, Jamie Duncan wrote: >>> >>>> do you need all of those 32-bit libs? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Komposer yes, but none of the rest >>> >>> >> >> Found a 64 bit Kompozer: kompozer-0.8-0.5.b3.fc13.x86_**64.rpm >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Jamie Duncan > @jamieeduncan > > -- -------------------------------------------- Rhys Morris Bristol Astrophysics Group and Zone D, Astrophysics/Unix Support Specialist Room 4.33A, HH Wills Physics Lab University of Bristol Telephone: 0117 954 6948 [email protected] --------------------------------------------
