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On 13/05/13 09:49, R Morris wrote:
> 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!

Couldn't yum-complete-transaction (from the yum-utils package) help you clean 
up this?  At least let it complete and then clean up the packages you don't 
need/want afterwards.  This should (in theory at least) do the same thing in a 
more safe and controlled manner.


kind regards,

David Sommerseth


> On 13 May 2013 04:30, Jamie Duncan <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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
>     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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
>                     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>__>> wrote:
>
>                                  On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Todd And
>                     Margo Chester
>                                  <[log in to unmask]
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>__>
>                                  <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>                                  <mailto:[log in to unmask]
>                     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>__>__>> 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
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