On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 10:51:26 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/2/20 9:56 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > $ sudo dnf distro-sync > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:06 ago on Wed 02 Sep 2020 11:22:53 AM CDT. > > Error: > > Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev > > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) > > Something seems to be really broken. > > Is that the entire output from dnf? Yes. > > What happens if you try adding "--skip-broken"? Same result. > > Have you installed any packages from outside Fedora's repos? I don't know the answer: a student who knows quite a bit about Fedora used to use it. But it has never been a problem to upgrade this machine previously. Is there an obvious way to remove/figure out packages that are causing the problems? Many thanks, Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx