Need Assistance Resolving DNF System Upgrade Error

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Hello Fedora Developers,

I hope this message finds you well. I’m writing to seek your expertise in resolving an issue I’m experiencing while attempting to upgrade my system using DNF. I apologize in advance if this turns out to be a novice question, as I’m still relatively new to the Fedora distro as a whole.

When I run the command sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=39, I encounter the following error:

Error: 
 Problem 1: problem with installed package ffmpeg-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
  - package ffmpeg-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with ffmpeg-free provided by ffmpeg-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from fedora
  - package ffmpeg-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with ffmpeg-free provided by ffmpeg-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from fedora-modular
  - package ffmpeg-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with ffmpeg-free provided by ffmpeg-free-6.0-12.fc39.aarch64 from updates
  - package ffmpeg-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with ffmpeg-free provided by ffmpeg-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from updates-modular
  - ffmpeg-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64 from @System  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - conflicting requests
 Problem 2: problem with installed package libswscale-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
  - package ffmpeg-libs-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with libswscale-free provided by libswscale-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from fedora
  - package ffmpeg-libs-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with libswscale-free provided by libswscale-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from fedora-modular
  - package ffmpeg-libs-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with libswscale-free provided by libswscale-free-6.0-12.fc39.aarch64 from updates
  - package ffmpeg-libs-6.0-16.fc39.aarch64 from rpmfusion-free conflicts with libswscale-free provided by libswscale-free-6.0-11.fc39.aarch64 from updates-modular
  - problem with installed package firefox-119.0-2.fc38.aarch64
  - conflicting requests
  - firefox-119.0-2.fc38.aarch64 from @System  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - libswscale-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64 from @System  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

Now obviously, if I were to run the --allowerasing command, I would potentially risk integral parts of my system to be uninstalled, including Plasma. This is evident as if I run sudo dnf remove libswscale-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64 I end up with this output:

allow_vendor_change is disabled. This option is currently not supported for downgrade and distro-sync commands
Dependencies resolved.

Package Architecture Version Repository Size

Removing:
libswscale-free aarch64 6.0-5.fc38 @updates 480 k
Removing dependent packages:
calamares-firstboot-config noarch 20231010-1.fc38 @copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:group_asahi:fedora-remix-scripts 41 k
ffmpeg-free aarch64 6.0-5.fc38 @updates 2.4 M
ffmpegthumbs aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 226 k
gstreamer1-plugin-libav aarch64 1.22.5-1.fc38 @updates 464 k
kde-print-manager aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 2.6 M
krfb aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 2.6 M
krfb-libs aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 1.1 M
mpv aarch64 0.35.1-4.fc38 @fedora 4.5 M
plasma-desktop aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 31 M
plasma-workspace aarch64 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 41 M
sddm-breeze noarch 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 660 k
spectacle aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 3.9 M
Removing unused dependencies:
accountsservice aarch64 23.11.69-2.fc38 @fedora 472 k
boost-python3 aarch64 1.78.0-14.fc38 @updates 333 k
breeze-cursor-theme noarch 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 5.2 M
calamares aarch64 3.2.62-4.fc38 @updates 3.2 M
calamares-libs aarch64 3.2.62-4.fc38 @updates 11 M
console-setup noarch 1.216-1.fc38 @fedora 2.1 M
efibootmgr aarch64 18-3.fc38 @fedora 420 k
f38-backgrounds-kde noarch 38.1.1-1.fc38 @fedora 4.7 k
flite aarch64 2.2-5.fc38 @fedora 28 M
google-noto-sans-fonts noarch 20230201-2.fc38 @updates 40 M
google-noto-sans-mono-fonts noarch 20230201-2.fc38 @updates 19 M
google-noto-serif-fonts noarch 20230201-2.fc38 @updates 50 M
iceauth aarch64 1.0.9-3.fc38 @fedora 199 k
kactivitymanagerd aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 2.4 M
kde-print-manager-libs aarch64 23.08.1-1.fc38 @updates 651 k
kde-settings-plasma noarch 38.3-1.fc38 @updates 6.9 k
kde-settings-sddm noarch 38.3-1.fc38 @updates 89
kf5-baloo aarch64 5.110.0-1.fc38 @updates 1.4 M
kf5-kquickcharts aarch64 5.110.0-1.fc38 @updates 784 k
kf5-kxmlrpcclient aarch64 5.110.0-1.fc38 @updates 273 k
kpipewire aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 1.1 M
kwrited aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 237 k
ladspa aarch64 1.13-30.fc38 @fedora 1.6 M
leptonica aarch64 1.83.1-1.fc38 @fedora 3.3 M
libXaw aarch64 1.0.14-4.fc38 @fedora 660 k
libavdevice-free aarch64 6.0-5.fc38 @updates 283 k
libavfilter-free aarch64 6.0-5.fc38 @updates 4.1 M
libbs2b aarch64 3.1.0-30.fc38 @fedora 593 k
libddcutil aarch64 1.4.1-1.fc38 @fedora 842 k
libpostproc-free aarch64 6.0-5.fc38 @updates 218 k
libqalculate aarch64 4.8.1-1.fc38 @updates 7.9 M
libwnck3 aarch64 43.0-4.fc38 @fedora 2.4 M
lv2 aarch64 1.18.8-5.fc38 @fedora 373 k
orca noarch 44.1-1.fc38 @updates 16 M
oxygen-sounds noarch 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 2.0 M
plasma-browser-integration aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 668 k
plasma-integration aarch64 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 969 k
plasma-lookandfeel-fedora noarch 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 506 k
plasma-milou aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 560 k
plasma-workspace-libs aarch64 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 22 M
plasma-workspace-wayland aarch64 5.27.8-2.fc38 @updates 266 k
power-profiles-daemon aarch64 0.13-1.fc38 @updates 256 k
powerdevil aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 7.3 M
python3-brlapi aarch64 0.8.4-10.fc38 @fedora 360 k
python3-louis noarch 3.25.0-1.fc38 @fedora 45 k
python3-speechd aarch64 0.11.5-1.fc38 @updates 261 k
qqc2-desktop-style aarch64 5.110.0-1.fc38 @updates 723 k
rubberband aarch64 3.3.0-1.fc38 @updates 2.0 M
startup-notification aarch64 0.12-25.fc38 @fedora 246 k
tesseract aarch64 5.3.0-6.fc38 @fedora 3.1 M
tesseract-langpack-eng noarch 4.1.0-5.fc38 @fedora 3.9 M
tesseract-tessdata-doc noarch 4.1.0-5.fc38 @fedora 15 k
uresourced aarch64 0.5.3-5.fc38 @updates 428 k
vamp-plugin-sdk aarch64 2.9.0-7.fc38 @fedora 882 k
xdg-desktop-portal-kde aarch64 5.27.8-1.fc38 @updates 1.3 M
xmessage aarch64 1.0.6-2.fc38 @fedora 224 k

Transaction Summary

Remove 69 Packages

Freed space: 346 M
Is this ok [y/N]: n

I would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions on how to proceed. Additionally, I’m concerned about the impact on other dependent packages.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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I guess you will be able to resolve the issue while deactivating the modular repositories.

Execute following commands in terminal:

sudo dnf  --disablerepo fedora-modular
sudo dnf  --disablerepo updates-modular
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
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Please share the output of rpm -qa | grep -E 'ffmpeg|lib.*free'

The conflict seems to be coming from RPM Fusion ffmpeg packages being pulled in, but I’m not sure why that’s happening.

It’s possible that --allowerasing would come up with a viable solution, but if you try that, I strongly suggest sharing the list of proposed removals before allowing it to proceed.

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Also use the option --noautoremove in addition to --allowerasing . That would prevent removing unused dependencies.

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This is the output I get:

libfreehand-0.1.2-20.fc38.aarch64
compat-ffmpeg4-4.4.4-1.fc38.aarch64
ffmpegthumbs-23.08.1-1.fc38.aarch64
libavutil-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libswresample-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libavcodec-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libavformat-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libpostproc-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libavfilter-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libavdevice-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
ffmpeg-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
libswscale-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64
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Is the modular repositories not depreciated ?
As you can see the modular comes with an older version 6.0-11 instead of 6.0-12 !

That’s why i made the proposal to deactivate the modular repositories first.

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I tried executing the provided commands to deactivate the modular repositories, but unfortunately, it didn’t resolve the issue. The problem persists, and I’m still encountering conflicts with the packages.

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Did you do the sudo dnf upgrade --refresh ?

It also says that the:

 - firefox-119.0-2.fc38.aarch64 from @System  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
 - libswscale-free-6.0-5.fc38.aarch64 from @System  does not belong to a distupgrade repository

not belong to a distupgrade repository ?!

Maybe you just remove this two apps and reinstall after upgrade.

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Like I said, if I were to remove libswscale, it would also remove things such as Plasma, entire themes and layouts, along with a bunch of other integral parts of the system. Firefox has been removed successfully, though.

And yes, I did try the sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

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I think this is probably it. That’s an RPM Fusion package. I suspect it’s a dependency of something you have installed on F38, and the F39 version of that package is now using the current ffmpeg-libs.

If I’m right, the most direct way to allow the upgrade is to remove that package and whatever depends on it.

You can also resolve the conflict by switching to RPM Fusion’s ffmpeg:

sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
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