On Thu, 2016-12-01 at 14:32 -0700, stan wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:32:33 -0800 > Howard Howell <hlhow...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > > Hi, everyone, > > I have been trying to upgrade my system from f24 to f25 using > > the cli in the terminal. > > > > 814 dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=25 > > 815 dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=25 --allowerasing > > 816 dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=25 --allowerasing > > -- > > nogpgcheck > > > > all run from superuser. > > > > error: > > Running transaction check > > Transaction check succeeded. > > Running transaction test > > The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next > > successful > > transaction. > > You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'. > > Error: Transaction check error: > > file /usr/bin from install of > > google-earth-stable-6.0.3.2197-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from > > package filesystem-3.2-37.fc24.x86_64 # dnf --system-upgrade reboot > > will not run due to same error. > > This is a well known error in the spec file for the google earth > file. > It tries to own /usr/bin, which it can't own, and so fails. > > Here's a web reference to it. > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=302767 > and here > https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/85979/transaction-check-err > or-during-google-earth-install/ > > A long time ago I installed google earth, and used a work around on > the > spec file. I don't remember it now, but it worked with the rebuilt > rpm > file. > > The way to fix this so you can upgrade is by removing only google > earth using rpm directly, instead of through dnf. > > rpm --erase --nodeps --test [google-earth-stable?] > > This will test the command without doing anything. When it does what > you want, remove the --test option. > > After the upgrade, you can look for ways to re-install google earth. Thanks, Rich, Dominik, Adam, Josh and John. It appears that both versions are now gone.
It looks like probably Dominik's suggestion of the -e cleared the program. So somehow, rpm -e packagename seemed to be the magic bullet. I will start overwith the update to make sure all the packages downloaded, and let you know if success happens. Thank you all for your support. Regards, Les H _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
