Error I am getting trying to run dnf update after having server patched:

(utabstmst2904.xxxx.xx:/opt/freeware)#  /opt/freeware/bin/dnf update
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/freeware/bin/dnf", line 57, in <module>
    from dnf.cli import main
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/__init__.py", line 32, in <module>
    import dnf.base
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dnf/base.py", line 29, in <module>
    import libdnf.transaction
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python3.7/site-packages/libdnf/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import common_types
  File "/opt/freeware/lib/python3.7/site-packages/libdnf/common_types.py", line 13, in <module>
    from . import _common_types
ImportError:    0509-022 Cannot load module /opt/freeware/lib/libdnf.a(libdnf.so.2).
        0509-150   Dependent module librpm.so could not be loaded.
        0509-022 Cannot load module librpm.so.
        0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

# OS Version #

(utabstmst2904.xxxx.xx:/opt/freeware)#  oslevel -s
7300-02-01-2346

# rpm.rte version #

(utabstmst2904.xxxx.xx:/opt/freeware)#  lslpp -Lc | grep rpm.rte
rpm.rte:rpm.rte:4.18.1.2001: : :C: :RPM Package Manager: : : : : : :0:0:/:

# /opt/freeware/packages output #

(utabstmst2904.xxxx.xx:/opt/freeware/packages)#  ls -l
total 16400
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system      8364032 Feb 22 14:24 rpmdb.sqlite
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system        32768 Feb 22 14:34 rpmdb.sqlite-shm
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system            0 Feb 22 14:24 rpmdb.sqlite-wal

I also ran the rpmdb --rebuildb with no errors as well as ran the updtvpkg.

Trying to figure out what caused the issue.

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Joshua Krause
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Hi Joshua,

Please let me know the output of "rpm -qa | egrep "dnf|libdnf" and "rpm -qf /opt/freeware/lib/libdnf.a"

It seems  libdnf present is of 32-bit version.

Joshua,

Hi, good day to you.

I found this https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/aix-open-source-tip-potential-dnf-errors-when-migrating-aix-73 which might help resolve the issue as it talks of "Could not load module librpm.so" having upgraded to AIX 7.3.

Many thanks, Steve

Here is the output:

(utabstmst1957.xxxx.xx:/)#  rpm -qa | egrep "dnf|libdnf"
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-32_50.ppc
dnf-4.2.17-32_50.ppc
python3-dnf-plugin-migrate-4.0.16-32_50.ppc
dnf-data-4.2.17-32_50.ppc
libdnf-0.39.1-32_50.ppc
python3-dnf-4.2.17-32_50.ppc
python3-dnf-plugins-core-4.0.16-32_50.ppc
dnf-automatic-4.2.17-32_50.ppc

(utabstmst1957.xxxx.xx/)#  rpm -qa /opt/freeware/lib/libdnf.a
(utabstmst1957.xxxx.xx:/)#

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Joshua Krause
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Hi Joshua,

As I was guessing you still have 32-bit DNF rpm packages installed.

Please run the dnf script which should be able to update dnf to 64-bit version.

When I run the dnf script it errored out.  I ended up removing some rpms that it complained about and then re-ran the install.  Looks to be working now.