Package conflicts/broken dependencies

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Hello,

Requirements:

I have Searched the forum for my issue and found nothing related or helpful I have checked the Resources category (Resources Index)
I have reviewed the Wiki for relevant information
I have read the the Release Notes and Errata

OpenMandriva Lx version:

OpenMandriva Lx release 25.90 (Nickel) Cooker for x86_64

Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…):

Mate

Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):

Hi all, decided to try OpenMandriva again after a long time. I installed the mate spin from the downloads, since I’ve never tried this DE before. I installed it, and when I try to do the usual sudo dnf update, it spits out a lot of package “problems”. I’ll be providing the screenshot below:

Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…):

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I know spins are meant to be not so stable, but decided to still ask for help. My guess is that there are some mate stuff that requires a specific version of python? Let me know if I need to provide some more information :slight_smile:

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Oh, and also, the MATE spin seems to be missing the usual OpenMandriva Welcome program. Maybe this spin just ain’t worth it…

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OK, after trying to do some troubleshooting myself and running into even more problems, I decided to start all over again with a brand new ROME iso (I didn’t really like the look of MATE anyway :upside_down_face: ). I just think this is not worth it considering that in this very moment I’m pretty tight on time. Sorry for spending a couple of kilobytes of this forum’s space >_>

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The MATE spin needs work and curating.

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To upgrade Cooker or ROME installations one should use sudo dnf dsync not sudo dnf update. Two recommended ways are:

sudo dnf clean all ; sudo dnf dsync --allowerasing
or
sudo dnf dsync --allowerasing --refresh

I like to remind folks that if you use --allowerasing you really need to pay attention to packages to be removed if any. If at al in doubt ask in this forum.

I have dsynced several Cooker systems in the last 2 days and there were no “Problems” spit our by dnf. So this may be why you saw that.

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