Installation of kernel package fails with "package kernel-<version>.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture"

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Issue

  • Installation of kernel package is failing :
[root@test Kernel]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
warning: kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        package kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture
[root@test Kernel]#
  • Installation of a package fails with "package <name>-<version>.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture"
Transaction Check Error:
  package samba-common-3.0.33-3.40.el5_10.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture
  package libsmbclient-3.0.33-3.40.el5_10.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture
  package samba-client-3.0.33-3.40.el5_10.x86_64 is intended for a x86_64 architecture
Error Summary

Environment

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

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