Nvidia related error on execution of rpm-ostree command

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Hi,

I encountered an issue while trying to upgrade my laptop. The upgrade shows everything is fine except for one error. I have copied and pasted the output below the description. It is probably related to an Nvidia driver that I installed after checking with Perplexity AI; however, now it says something cannot be installed because something related to it is unavailable. Below is the output of the rpm-ostree upgrade command, which includes the nvidia error

 rpm-ostree upgrade
⠙ Receiving metadata objects: 1/(estimating) 65 bytes/s 196 bytes...            2 metadata, 0 content objects fetched; 788 B transferred in 4 seconds; 0 bytes content written
Receiving metadata objects: 1/(estimating) 65 bytes/s 196 bytes... done
Checking out tree 0135889... done
Enabled rpm-md repositories: fedora-cisco-openh264 updates fedora microsoft-edge nordvpn nordvpn-noarch copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver google-chrome rpmfusion-nonfree-steam updates-archive
Importing rpm-md... done
rpm-md repo 'fedora-cisco-openh264' (cached); generated: 2024-03-12T11:45:42Z solvables: 3
rpm-md repo 'updates' (cached); generated: 2024-09-13T01:44:38Z solvables: 26430
rpm-md repo 'fedora' (cached); generated: 2024-04-14T18:51:11Z solvables: 74881
rpm-md repo 'microsoft-edge' (cached); generated: 2024-09-13T16:59:36Z solvables: 146
rpm-md repo 'nordvpn' (cached); generated: 2024-09-05T12:32:40Z solvables: 31
rpm-md repo 'nordvpn-noarch' (cached); generated: 2024-09-05T12:32:38Z solvables: 1
rpm-md repo 'copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm' (cached); generated: 2024-03-18T11:54:41Z solvables: 14
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver' (cached); generated: 2024-09-03T10:07:58Z solvables: 16
rpm-md repo 'google-chrome' (cached); generated: 2024-09-12T17:59:38Z solvables: 3
rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-nonfree-steam' (cached); generated: 2024-09-11T11:15:12Z solvables: 2
rpm-md repo 'updates-archive' (cached); generated: 2024-09-13T02:31:26Z solvables: 39640
Resolving dependencies... done
error: Could not depsolve transaction; 1 problem detected:
 Problem: package kmod-nvidia-3:555.58.02-1.fc40.x86_64 from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver requires akmod-nvidia = 3:555.58.02-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:555.58.02-1.fc40.x86_64 from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver requires nvidia-kmod >= 3:555.58.02, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package akmod-nvidia-3:555.58.02-1.fc40.x86_64 from rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver requires akmods, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package akmods-0.5.8-8.fc40.noarch from fedora requires pkgconfig(libelf), but none of the providers can be installed
  - package elfutils-libelf-devel-0.191-4.fc40.i686 from fedora requires pkgconfig(zlib), but none of the providers can be installed
  - package elfutils-libelf-devel-0.191-4.fc40.x86_64 from fedora requires pkgconfig(zlib), but none of the providers can be installed
  - zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.7-1.fc40.i686 from updates  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.6-2.fc40.i686 from fedora  does not belong to a distupgrade repository
  - package zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates requires zlib-ng-compat(x86-64) = 2.1.7-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive requires zlib-ng-compat(x86-64) = 2.1.7-1.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.6-2.fc40.x86_64 from fedora requires zlib-ng-compat(x86-64) = 2.1.6-2.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package zlib-ng-compat-devel-2.1.6-5.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive requires zlib-ng-compat(x86-64) = 2.1.6-5.fc40, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates and zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-2.fc40.x86_64 from fedora
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-2.fc40.x86_64 from fedora conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-2.fc40.x86_64 from fedora and zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-5.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-5.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both zlib-ng-compat-2.1.6-5.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive and zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive
  - package zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive conflicts with zlib(x86-64) provided by zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-1.fc40.x86_64 from updates-archive and zlib-ng-compat-2.1.7-2.fc40.x86_64 from @System
  - conflicting requests
saleeshsuresheyyani@fedora:~$
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A depsolve error during rpm-ostree update can occasionally occur because of version mismatches between Fedora repository and third-party repositories. It is sometimes inevitable.
In this case, zlib-ng-compact is just updated to version 2.1.7-2 today, but the NVIDIA driver from the rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver repository still requires an older version. It typically resolves itself after a few days.

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thank you.

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