[CentOS] Conflicts updating packages, hot to get ride of them without mess up all my OS?

[James B. Byrne]

On Sun, November 2, 2014 21:40, Peter wrote:
> On 11/03/2014 02:35 PM, reynierpm at gmail.com wrote:
>> Transaction Check Error:
>>   file /usr/lib64/libevent-2.0.so.5 from install of
>> libevent-2.0.19-1.rhel6.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> libevent-last-2.0.21-4.el6.remi.x86_64
>>   file /usr/lib64/libevent_core-2.0.so.5 from install of
>> libevent-2.0.19-1.rhel6.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> libevent-last-2.0.21-4.el6.remi.x86_64
>>   file /usr/lib64/libevent_extra-2.0.so.5 from install of
>> libevent-2.0.19-1.rhel6.x86_64 conflicts with file from package
>> libevent-last-2.0.21-4.el6.remi.x86_64
>
> remi is known to mess things up like that if you don't install it
> properly.  First thing I would do is "yum remove remi-release" unless
> you have something you specifically need the remi repo for, then I would
> try this:
>

I would start by setting enable=0 for all of the repos inside remi.repo and
then only using remi with the --enablerepo=remi --enablerepo=remi-whatever.  I
do not think it wise to have remi enabled by default.  But, neither do I think
it necessary to remove the repo altogether.  Turning it off by default should
suffice.

Then remove whatever packages are causing causing the conflict as is
suggested.  The remi.repo need not be enabled to effect removals. Then try
your update with remi out of the picture.


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