On 7/2/26 2:42 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
*Sent: *Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
*From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
*To: *"Community support for Fedora users" <[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell
On 7/2/26 12:24 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
> *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> *To: *[email protected]
> *Subject: *Re: Aw: Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell
> On 7/1/26 11:46 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> > *Sent: *Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
> > *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> > *To: *[email protected]
> > *Subject: *Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell
> > On 7/1/26 8:21 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> > > Doing dnf reinstall gnome-shell, I get
> > > Failed to resolve the transaction:
> > > Installed packages for argument 'gnome-shell' are not available in
> > > repositories in the same version, available versions: gnome-
> > > shell-48.0-1.fc42.x86_64,gnome-shell-48.8-1.fc42.x86_64, cannot
> > reinstall.
> > > Is there a way to force the reinstall?
> >
> > I thought you were upgrading to F44. That will take care of it.
> > You might need to use "--allowerasing". Just check the list of removed
> > packages to make sure it's not removing anything critical.
>
> > Not sure, last upgrade (fc42 to fc44), I removed the gnome-frippery to
> > be able to upgrade (without using the option --allowerasing which I
will
> > do next time). The gnome-shell rmy was upgraded. This is why I am
trying
> > to understand. Be able to run startx, and possibly to run frippery. I
> > what to be able to make a step back (gnome-frippery which requires
> > gnome-rmy) if necessary (in fc42 and fc44)
>
> I don't understand. Did you upgrade to F44 or not? You're showing F42
> versions.
>
>
> Sorry for the confusion.
> I have several configurations. Only one has been upgrade to fc44. The
> other ones are still fc42.
> I want to clarify all the issues before "final" upgrade.
On the one that has been upgraded, can you start gnome-shell from the
console?
From the console? In text mode? Without running startx?
Yes. You will never be able to use startx to start Gnome.
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