32bit library package fails on a 64bit system reporting "Error: Protected multilib versions:"
Issue
- We are unable to install i686 libraries on a 64bit system. During installation of this library, yum is reporting a multilib protection issue as shown below and causes the installation to fail.
# yum install libXxf86vm.i686
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Updating certificate-based repositories.
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Error: Protected multilib versions: libXxf86vm-1.1.2-2.el6.i686 != libXxf86vm-1.1.0-1.el6.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 (RHEL) 6
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