Why does "yum" return the error "package was supposed to be installed but is not!"

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Issue

  • When trying to install packages such as brasero, yum returns "brasero was supposed to be installed but is not!"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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