Installation of RHEL 5.5 and higher (including RHEL 6) fails with package conflict errors

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When performing a kickstart install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (RHEL 5.5) or later using the "@Everything" or "*" options in the %packages section of the kickstart file, the installation fails due to package conflicts.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 and newer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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