I am doing a dnf install package_without_version for instance for g++: [piot at paris opal]$ sudo dnf install gcc-c++ Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:06 ago on Thu 16 Jan 2020 06:45:59 AM CST. Error: Problem: package gcc-8.3.1-4.5.el8.x86_64 requires glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-devel-2.28-72.el8.i686 requires glibc-headers, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-devel-2.28-72.el8.i686 requires glibc-headers = 2.28-72.el8, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-devel-2.28-72.el8.x86_64 requires glibc-headers, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-devel-2.28-72.el8.x86_64 requires glibc-headers = 2.28-72.el8, but none of the providers can be installed - package gcc-c++-8.3.1-4.5.el8.x86_64 requires gcc = 8.3.1-4.5.el8, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-headers-2.28-72.el8.i686 requires kernel-headers, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-headers-2.28-72.el8.i686 requires kernel-headers >= 2.2.1, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-headers-2.28-72.el8.x86_64 requires kernel-headers, but none of the providers can be installed - package glibc-headers-2.28-72.el8.x86_64 requires kernel-headers >= 2.2.1, but none of the providers can be installed - conflicting requests - package kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.0.3.el8_1.x86_64 is excluded - package kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 is excluded - package kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64 is excluded (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) All the best, -- Philippe. Philippe Piot, https://www.niu.edu/advanced-accelerator-randd/ <https://www.niu.edu/advanced-accelerator-randd/index.shtml> Northern Illinois University, Dept of Physics and Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator & Detector Development DeKalb, IL 60115, USA Tel: 815 753 6473, Web: http://www.physics.niu.edu/physics/ Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source Accelerator System Division Lemont, IL 60439, USA Tel: 630 252 2415, Web: https://www.aps.anl.gov/Accelerator-Systems-Division On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:37 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 07:24, Philippe Piot <piot at nicadd.niu.edu> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Stephen. Just for completeness, the repo I am currently pointing > to > > are > > > > [piot at paris opal]$ sudo dnf update > > CentOS-8 - AppStream > > 775 kB/s | 5.8 MB 00:07 > > CentOS-8 - Base > > 798 kB/s | 4.0 MB 00:05 > > CentOS-8 - Extras > > 2.9 kB/s | 2.1 kB 00:00 > > CentOS-8 - PowerTools > > 686 kB/s | 2.0 MB 00:02 > > ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el8 > > 59 kB/s | 93 kB 00:01 > > ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Kernel Repository - el8 437 > > kB/s | 971 kB 00:02 > > Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 > > 11 kB/s | 10 kB 00:00 > > Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 > > 768 kB/s | 5.2 MB 00:06 > > google-chrome > > 13 kB/s | 3.5 kB 00:00 > > Dependencies resolved. > > Nothing to do. > > Complete! > > > > Are you trying to install the 'exact' versions of the software > > dnf install boost-openmpi-devel-1.66.0-6.el8.x86_64 > > or are you doing a > > dnf install boost-openmpi-devel > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >