[CentOS] Double packages

Wed May 20 17:29:23 UTC 2009
Lucian@lastdot.org <lucian at lastdot.org>

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM,  <jacob at aers.ca> wrote:
> Add the .x64_86 extension to the package you want to install
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> yum install nvurses-devel.x86_64
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> ________________________________
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> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
> Of Eduardo Silvestre
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:33 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: [CentOS] Double packages
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>
>
> Hello,
>
>  i'm trying install some packages with x64_86 architecture and got same
> packages doubling (32 and 64 bits).
> How can i force yum just install packages x64_86 based?
>
> [root at www pfqueue-0.5.6]# yum install ncurses-devel
> Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: mirrors.nfsi.pt
>  * updates: mirrors.nfsi.pt
>  * addons: mirrors.nfsi.pt
>  * extras: mirrors.nfsi.pt
> Setting up Install Process
> Parsing package install arguments
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package ncurses-devel.x86_64 0:5.5-24.20060715 set to be updated
> ---> Package ncurses-devel.i386 0:5.5-24.20060715 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  ncurses-devel           x86_64     5.5-24.20060715  base              1.7 M
>  ncurses-devel           i386       5.5-24.20060715  base              1.6 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      2 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 3.3 M
>
> Regards,
> ---
> Eduardo Silvestre
> nfsi telecom, lda.
>
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I had same issue.
I added exclude=*.i386 *.i686 to yum.conf and that solved the problem.