Aw: Re: Aw: Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell

Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM

From: "Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Aw: Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell

On 7/1/26 11:46 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
> *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> *To: *[email protected]
> *Subject: *Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell
> On 7/1/26 8:21 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> > Doing dnf reinstall gnome-shell, I get
> > Failed to resolve the transaction:
> > Installed packages for argument 'gnome-shell' are not available in
> > repositories in the same version, available versions: gnome-
> > shell-48.0-1.fc42.x86_64,gnome-shell-48.8-1.fc42.x86_64, cannot
> reinstall.
> > Is there a way to force the reinstall?
>
> I thought you were upgrading to F44. That will take care of it.
> You might need to use "--allowerasing". Just check the list of removed
> packages to make sure it's not removing anything critical.

> Not sure, last upgrade (fc42 to fc44), I removed the gnome-frippery to
> be able to upgrade (without using the option --allowerasing which I will
> do next time). The gnome-shell rmy was upgraded. This is why I am trying
> to understand. Be able to run startx, and possibly to run frippery. I
> what to be able to make a step back (gnome-frippery which requires
> gnome-rmy) if necessary (in fc42 and fc44)

I don't understand. Did you upgrade to F44 or not? You're showing F42
versions.

Sorry for the confusion.

I have several configurations. Only one has been upgrade to fc44. The other ones are still fc42.

I want to clarify all the issues before "final" upgrade.

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