I had updated my AIX 7.2 system to dnf a while ago.  This same system was also my local repository server and I noticed that the replication had stopped I resolved this by installing the dnf_utils and updating the reposync command to use the latest options.  Once this was done I ran dnf update and all appeared good until I attempted to  run dnf check-update and received error messages about python3.7  I attempted to remove the packages it was complaining about and then run the dnf_aixtoolbox.sh script again but I now getting the following errors.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
----------------------------------------
Name                      Level           Pre-installation Failure/Warning
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rpm.rte                   4.15.1.1011     Already superseded by 4.15.1.1013

Checking whether any of the rpms from dnf_bundle are already installed...
Takes couple of minutes to process.

Skipping ca-certificates-2023.2.60-0 as higher version ca-certificates-2024.2.66-1.ppc is installed.
dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-automatic-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-data-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping libmodulemd-1.5.2-32_2 as higher version libmodulemd-1.5.2-100.ppc is installed.
Skipping librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsmartcols-2.34-32_1 as higher version libsmartcols-2.34-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsolv-0.7.9-32_3 as higher version libsolv-0.7.9-32_51.ppc is installed.
Skipping libzstd-1.4.4-32_1 as higher version libzstd-1.5.2-3.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-tools-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-tools-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
python3-3.7.15-2.ppc will be updated to python3-3.9.16-0
python3-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping python3-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 as higher version python3-gpg-1.13.1-100.ppc is installed.
python3-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping python3-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
python3.9-3.9.16-0 will be installed
python3.9-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
python3.9-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3.9-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 will be installed
rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_1.ppc will be updated to rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_2
rpm-python3.9-4.15.1-32_2 will be installed
yum-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping zchunk-libs-1.1.4-32_2 as higher version zchunk-libs-1.1.4-103.ppc is installed.

Installing the packages...

error: Failed dependencies:
        libpython3.7m.so is needed by (installed) python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
        librepo = 1.11.0-32_2 is needed by python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2.ppc

dnf installation failed.
If the failure was due to a space issue, increase the size of /opt and re-run script again.
Another reason for failure could be mixing of Toolbox packages and packages from other sources.

You can try installing the downloaded dnf packages from /tmp/dnf-20240815123704 manually.

Hi Scott,

These python packages are "bit" of a jungle sometimes..

Maybe there is some faster way, but at least these steps should fix the issue:

First make backup of /opt/freeware/etc/dnf/dnf.conf (preferably take whole AIX server mksysb (or PowerVC snapshot if U are using PowerVC) 

Remove all python3* packages
re-run the latest dnf_aixtoolbox.sh script

run dnf update

update virtual package definitions: /usr/sbin/updtvpkg

Good luck 🙂

In my case, I had dnf not functioning properly after update, So I needed to remove 

• all dnf* packages
• all python3* packages
• all "Skipped" packages when trying to run dnf toolbox script

.and then everything worked again normally...but in your case, I hope removal of python3* should be enough (unless it doesn't start mourning on dependencies to dnf packages etc)

Br,

tommi

I had updated my AIX 7.2 system to dnf a while ago.  This same system was also my local repository server and I noticed that the replication had stopped I resolved this by installing the dnf_utils and updating the reposync command to use the latest options.  Once this was done I ran dnf update and all appeared good until I attempted to  run dnf check-update and received error messages about python3.7  I attempted to remove the packages it was complaining about and then run the dnf_aixtoolbox.sh script again but I now getting the following errors.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
----------------------------------------
Name                      Level           Pre-installation Failure/Warning
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rpm.rte                   4.15.1.1011     Already superseded by 4.15.1.1013

Checking whether any of the rpms from dnf_bundle are already installed...
Takes couple of minutes to process.

Skipping ca-certificates-2023.2.60-0 as higher version ca-certificates-2024.2.66-1.ppc is installed.
dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-automatic-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-data-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping libmodulemd-1.5.2-32_2 as higher version libmodulemd-1.5.2-100.ppc is installed.
Skipping librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsmartcols-2.34-32_1 as higher version libsmartcols-2.34-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsolv-0.7.9-32_3 as higher version libsolv-0.7.9-32_51.ppc is installed.
Skipping libzstd-1.4.4-32_1 as higher version libzstd-1.5.2-3.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-tools-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-tools-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
python3-3.7.15-2.ppc will be updated to python3-3.9.16-0
python3-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping python3-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 as higher version python3-gpg-1.13.1-100.ppc is installed.
python3-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping python3-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
python3.9-3.9.16-0 will be installed
python3.9-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
python3.9-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3.9-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 will be installed
rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_1.ppc will be updated to rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_2
rpm-python3.9-4.15.1-32_2 will be installed
yum-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping zchunk-libs-1.1.4-32_2 as higher version zchunk-libs-1.1.4-103.ppc is installed.

Installing the packages...

error: Failed dependencies:
        libpython3.7m.so is needed by (installed) python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
        librepo = 1.11.0-32_2 is needed by python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2.ppc

dnf installation failed.
If the failure was due to a space issue, increase the size of /opt and re-run script again.
Another reason for failure could be mixing of Toolbox packages and packages from other sources.

You can try installing the downloaded dnf packages from /tmp/dnf-20240815123704 manually.

Thanks for the suggestion I did as you suggested and still had issues so i removed librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc and then I was able to proceed.

Hi Scott,

These python packages are "bit" of a jungle sometimes..

Maybe there is some faster way, but at least these steps should fix the issue:

First make backup of /opt/freeware/etc/dnf/dnf.conf (preferably take whole AIX server mksysb (or PowerVC snapshot if U are using PowerVC) 

Remove all python3* packages
re-run the latest dnf_aixtoolbox.sh script

run dnf update

update virtual package definitions: /usr/sbin/updtvpkg

Good luck 🙂

In my case, I had dnf not functioning properly after update, So I needed to remove 

• all dnf* packages
• all python3* packages
• all "Skipped" packages when trying to run dnf toolbox script

.and then everything worked again normally...but in your case, I hope removal of python3* should be enough (unless it doesn't start mourning on dependencies to dnf packages etc)

Br,

tommi

I had updated my AIX 7.2 system to dnf a while ago.  This same system was also my local repository server and I noticed that the replication had stopped I resolved this by installing the dnf_utils and updating the reposync command to use the latest options.  Once this was done I ran dnf update and all appeared good until I attempted to  run dnf check-update and received error messages about python3.7  I attempted to remove the packages it was complaining about and then run the dnf_aixtoolbox.sh script again but I now getting the following errors.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
----------------------------------------
Name                      Level           Pre-installation Failure/Warning
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rpm.rte                   4.15.1.1011     Already superseded by 4.15.1.1013

Checking whether any of the rpms from dnf_bundle are already installed...
Takes couple of minutes to process.

Skipping ca-certificates-2023.2.60-0 as higher version ca-certificates-2024.2.66-1.ppc is installed.
dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-automatic-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
dnf-data-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping libmodulemd-1.5.2-32_2 as higher version libmodulemd-1.5.2-100.ppc is installed.
Skipping librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsmartcols-2.34-32_1 as higher version libsmartcols-2.34-101.ppc is installed.
Skipping libsolv-0.7.9-32_3 as higher version libsolv-0.7.9-32_51.ppc is installed.
Skipping libzstd-1.4.4-32_1 as higher version libzstd-1.5.2-3.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
Skipping p11-kit-tools-0.23.22-0 as higher version p11-kit-tools-0.24.1-1.ppc is installed.
python3-3.7.15-2.ppc will be updated to python3-3.9.16-0
python3-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping python3-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 as higher version python3-gpg-1.13.1-100.ppc is installed.
python3-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
Skipping python3-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 as higher version python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc is installed.
python3.9-3.9.16-0 will be installed
python3.9-dnf-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
python3.9-gpg-1.13.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-hawkey-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-libcomps-0.1.15-32_1 will be installed
python3.9-libdnf-0.39.1-32_3 will be installed
python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2 will be installed
rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_1.ppc will be updated to rpm-python3-4.15.1-32_2
rpm-python3.9-4.15.1-32_2 will be installed
yum-4.2.17-32_4 will be installed
Skipping zchunk-libs-1.1.4-32_2 as higher version zchunk-libs-1.1.4-103.ppc is installed.

Installing the packages...

error: Failed dependencies:
        libpython3.7m.so is needed by (installed) python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
        librepo = 1.11.0-32_2 is needed by python3.9-librepo-1.11.0-32_2.ppc

dnf installation failed.
If the failure was due to a space issue, increase the size of /opt and re-run script again.
Another reason for failure could be mixing of Toolbox packages and packages from other sources.

You can try installing the downloaded dnf packages from /tmp/dnf-20240815123704 manually.