"yum install python.i686" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fails with the error "Multilib version problems found"

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  • "yum install python.i686" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fails with the error "Multilib version problems found"
# yum install python.i686
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rhel-6-server-aus-debug-rpms                                                                                              | 2.9 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-aus-rpms                                                                                                    | 3.5 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-eus-debug-rpms                                                                                              | 2.9 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-eus-rpms                                                                                                    | 3.7 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-mrg-grid-execute-rpms                                                                                       | 2.5 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-mrg-grid-rpms                                                                                               | 2.5 kB     00:00     
rhel-6-server-mrg-management-rpms                                                                                         | 2.5 kB     00:00     
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python.i686 0:2.6.5-3.el6_0.2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libz.so.1 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libtinfo.so.5 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.10 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libsqlite3.so.0 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libreadline.so.6 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.6.so.1.0 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libpanelw.so.5 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libncursesw.so.5 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libgdbm.so.2 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libffi.so.5 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libexpat.so.1 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libdb-4.7.so for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.10 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libbz2.so.1 for package: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686
--> Running transaction check
---> Package bzip2-libs.i686 0:1.0.5-7.el6_0 will be installed
---> Package db4.i686 0:4.7.25-18.el6_4 will be installed
---> Package expat.i686 0:2.0.1-11.el6_2 will be installed
---> Package gdbm.i686 0:1.8.0-36.el6 will be installed
---> Package libffi.i686 0:3.0.5-3.2.el6 will be installed
---> Package ncurses-libs.i686 0:5.7-3.20090208.el6 will be installed
---> Package openssl.i686 0:1.0.0-27.el6_4.4 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libkrb5.so.3(krb5_3_MIT) for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libkrb5.so.3 for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libk5crypto.so.3(k5crypto_3_MIT) for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libk5crypto.so.3 for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libgssapi_krb5.so.2 for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libcom_err.so.2 for package: openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.4.i686
---> Package python-libs.i686 0:2.6.5-3.el6_0.2 will be installed
---> Package readline.i686 0:6.0-4.el6 will be installed
---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.20-1.el6 will be installed
---> Package zlib.i686 0:1.2.3-29.el6 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package krb5-libs.i686 0:1.10.3-10.el6_4.6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libselinux.so.1 for package: krb5-libs-1.10.3-10.el6_4.6.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libkeyutils.so.1(KEYUTILS_0.3) for package: krb5-libs-1.10.3-10.el6_4.6.i686
--> Processing Dependency: libkeyutils.so.1 for package: krb5-libs-1.10.3-10.el6_4.6.i686
---> Package libcom_err.i686 0:1.41.12-14.el6_4.4 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package keyutils-libs.i686 0:1.4-4.el6 will be installed
---> Package libselinux.i686 0:2.0.94-5.3.el6_4.1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error:  Multilib version problems found. This often means that the root
       cause is something else and multilib version checking is just
       pointing out that there is a problem. Eg.:

         1. You have an upgrade for python which is missing some
            dependency that another package requires. Yum is trying to
            solve this by installing an older version of python of the
            different architecture. If you exclude the bad architecture
            yum will tell you what the root cause is (which package
            requires what). You can try redoing the upgrade with
            --exclude python.otherarch ... this should give you an error
            message showing the root cause of the problem.

         2. You have multiple architectures of python installed, but
            yum can only see an upgrade for one of those arcitectures.
            If you don't want/need both architectures anymore then you
            can remove the one with the missing update and everything
            will work.

         3. You have duplicate versions of python installed already.
            You can use "yum check" to get yum show these errors.

       ...you can also use --setopt=protected_multilib=false to remove
       this checking, however this is almost never the correct thing to
       do as something else is very likely to go wrong (often causing
       much more problems).

       Protected multilib versions: python-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686 != python-2.6.6-37.el6_4.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: python-libs-2.6.5-3.el6_0.2.i686 != python-libs-2.6.6-37.el6_4.x86_64
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • yum command to install python.i686 package

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