yum install openssl-devel error

XyZ picture XyZ · Feb 13, 2016 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

On Fedora, yum install openssl-devel gives me the following error.

 Package: 1:openssl-1.0.1e-30.fc20.x86_64 (@anaconda)
           Requires: openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-30.fc20
           Removing: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-30.fc20.x86_64 (@anaconda)
               openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-30.fc20
           Updated By: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-42.fc20.x86_64 (updates)
               openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-42.fc20
           Removing: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-39.fc20.x86_64 (installed)
               openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-39.fc20
           Updated By: 1:openssl-libs-1.0.1e-42.fc20.x86_64 (updates)
               openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-42.fc20

Answer

mattdm picture mattdm · Jun 2, 2017

This problem is caused by not updating your system before trying to install an updated package. There are conflicts between the update and other software already on your system. If you do a yum update before trying to install the individual package, you should be fine. Alternately, you probably could just update the specific affected packages: yum update openssl openssl-libs, and then do your install.