On 2020-09-03 02:10, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > 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? Another thing to try is to run sudo rpm --rebuilddb And try the upgrade again. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ 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
