On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 19:55:24 -0300 "George N. White III" <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 13:57, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > So, I have been trying to upgrade this fully updated f31 machine on the > > CLI. I have tried the following: > > > > > > $ sudo dnf --refresh upgrade > > Adobe Systems Incorporated 17 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 31 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 6.6 kB/s | 986 B 00:00 > > Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 93 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > > Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 - Updates 77 kB/s | 13 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates 71 kB/s | 12 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates 801 kB/s | 2.8 MB 00:03 > > Fedora 31 - x86_64 96 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > > google-chrome 18 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Free - Updates 14 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Free 23 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Nonfree - Updates 25 kB/s | 3.4 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Nonfree 23 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 > > Dependencies resolved. > > Nothing to do. > > Complete! > > > > $ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=32 > > Before you continue ensure that your system is fully upgraded by running > > "dnf --refresh upgrade". Do you want to continue [y/N]: y > > Adobe Systems Incorporated 17 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 32 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 6.7 kB/s | 986 B 00:00 > > Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64 87 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > > Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64 - Updates 71 kB/s | 13 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates 65 kB/s | 11 kB 00:00 > > Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates 402 kB/s | 460 kB 00:01 > > Fedora 32 - x86_64 88 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > > google-chrome 24 kB/s | 1.3 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free - Updates 24 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free 22 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Nonfree - Updates 25 kB/s | 3.4 kB 00:00 > > RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Nonfree 23 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 > > 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) > > > > $ 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) > > > > I can not figure out what to do. Any suggestions? > > > > Upgrading a broken system often leads to an open-ended fight with broken > apps. If you > backup anything important and do a fresh install you know you will get a > working system in > finite time. > > It is amazing how fast two systems that start out with identical hardware > and software from > a disk image can diverge, especially when used by students. I had a good chuckle at this one! But to be fair, this particular student was (is) older than the average and knows quite a lot. Nevertheless, I decided that it is perhaps best to go ahead and do a fresh install and have done that. Thanks again to everybody for all your help! Best wishes, Ranjan 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
