Re: Aw: Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell

On 7/2/26 2:42 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
> *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> *To: *"Community support for Fedora users" <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *Re: cannot reinstall gnome-shell
> On 7/2/26 12:24 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
>  > *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.
> 
> On the one that has been upgraded, can you start gnome-shell from the
> console?
>  From the console? In text mode? Without running startx?

Yes.  You will never be able to use startx to start Gnome.

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