Libheif upgrade error

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Received an odd error on today’s dnf upgrade:

clayton@voron:~$ sudo dnf --refresh upgrade
Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates                                             100% |   6.2 KiB/s |  22.8 KiB |  00m04s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Updates                             100% |   1.5 KiB/s |   5.6 KiB |  00m04s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam                               100% |   1.5 KiB/s |   5.6 KiB |  00m04s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver                       100% |   1.7 KiB/s |   5.8 KiB |  00m03s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree                                       100% |   1.8 KiB/s |   6.1 KiB |  00m03s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Updates                                100% | 940.0   B/s |   3.2 KiB |  00m03s
 RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free                                          100% |   1.0 KiB/s |   3.4 KiB |  00m03s
 Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                 100% | 291.0   B/s | 986.0   B |  00m03s
 Fedora 44 - x86_64                                                       100% |   7.4 KiB/s |  25.1 KiB |  00m03s
 Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek                                   100% | 661.0   B/s |   2.1 KiB |  00m03s
 Visual Studio Code                                                       100% | 473.0   B/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m03s
Repositories loaded.
Problem: cannot install the best update candidate for package libheif-1.21.2-1.fc44.x86_64
  - package libheif-ffmpeg-1.23.4-6.fc44.x86_64 from updates requires libheif(x86-64) = 1.23.4-6.fc44, but none of the providers can be installed
  - installed package libheif-freeworld-1.21.2-3.fc44.x86_64 requires libheif(x86-64) = 1.21.2, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both libheif-1.23.4-6.fc44.x86_64 from updates and libheif-1.21.2-1.fc44.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both libheif-1.21.2-1.fc44.x86_64 from fedora and libheif-1.23.4-6.fc44.x86_64 from updates
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libheif-freeworld-1.21.2-3.fc44.x86_64

Package                              Arch       Version                               Repository              Size
Skipping packages with conflicts:
 libheif                             x86_64     1.23.4-6.fc44                         updates              2.4 MiB
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
 libheif-ffmpeg                      x86_64     1.23.4-6.fc44                         updates             32.0 KiB

Nothing to do.
clayton@voron:~$

Not sure how to correct this. Can someone walk me through the fix?

Additional info:

clayton@voron:~$ dnf list libheif
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Installed packages (available for reinstall, available for upgrade)
libheif.x86_64 1.21.2-1.fc44 fedora

Available packages (available for reinstall, available for upgrade)
libheif.i686   1.23.4-6.fc44 updates
libheif.x86_64 1.23.4-6.fc44 updates
clayton@voron:~$
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At the moment that libheif-freeworld package has not been updated so when fedora attempts to update the newer packages from the fedora repo it blocks with version conflicts due to dependencies.

You should be able to ignore that message and libheif will be updated as soon as rpmfusion is able to provide the updated libheif-freeworld package. As an alternative remove that package (which will allow the fedora packages to update) and plan to reinstall it if needed after the new version is released.

3

When it comes down to RPM Fusion packages, we only have 2 options:

  1. patience (wait)
  2. radical (remove)

You’re not alone. Many of us use them for various reasons.
I had a quick chat with Z, then I noticed an interesting observation by @rosti here.

4

An updated libheif-freeworld is expected to be available from rpmfusion on Thursday (three days time).

5

Appears the update was released today! Many thanks for the helpful replies.