[SOLVED] Getting update alert for i686 packages on Fedora 24 x86_64
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Getting update alert for i686 packages on Fedora 24 x86_64
Hello All,
Every now and then I get "new updates" alert, but when I select "Show updates" Yum extender (DNF) opens and shows nothing.
If I then run "sudo dnf update" from a terminal, I get a list of i686 packages to update, which I have been aborting.
Now, as far as I know, there shouldn't be any i686 packages installed, but given the update alerts, I have to assume there are some.
Is there a way of listing any i686 packages installed, and a way of then deleting them?
Thanks, I ran that and there are 193, and the surprising thing is many (most) are from @@commandline...a complete mystery...I don't recall ever installing them but like domestic blindness it is hard to fathom!
Is there a smart way of deleting them, or am I likely to cause problems?
I should add that I don't run wine, and typically run a 'standard' workstation system other than rpmbuild tools and quite a few x86_64 libs to locally build x86_64 packages like Hugin, Darktable for example.
I'd spend time with dnf history to try to figure where all the i686 packages came from. Leftovers from a failed update, etc. I just did a fresh fedora 24 xfce install on a new system and there are no i686 packages installed.
Going through that many packages individually would take a long time. If you can't figure out how the packages got there, and you're sure that they shouldn't be installed, perhaps back up all you data then clean the disk and do a fresh installation. Installing f24 from a usb stick to unpartitioned disk space on a new machine took less than an hour start to finish.
I'd spend time with dnf history to try to figure where all the i686 packages came from. Leftovers from a failed update, etc. I just did a fresh fedora 24 xfce install on a new system and there are no i686 packages installed.
Going through that many packages individually would take a long time. If you can't figure out how the packages got there, and you're sure that they shouldn't be installed, perhaps back up all you data then clean the disk and do a fresh installation. Installing f24 from a usb stick to unpartitioned disk space on a new machine took less than an hour start to finish.
I've had a good look through the history and it really doesn't throw up any clues as to how this has all come about.
I've also checked quite a few of the i686 entries and found that the identical x86_64 are installed. I see no known packages in the i686 list that I know or use, most are libs.
My F24 was via an dnf-upgrade from F23, so not sure whether that has played some part in this mystery.
I'm reluctant to start again with a clean install, as setting up my package building environment/libs etc from scratch can be quite a time consuming business.
I'm leaning towards simply blowing away all the i686 packages. If all are also installed as x86_64 removing this lot should be safe...shouldn't it?
Here's the list;
Code:
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Removing:
OpenEXR-libs i686 2.2.0-5.fc24 @@commandline 3.0 M
alsa-lib i686 1.1.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 1.2 M
at-spi2-atk i686 2.20.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 218 k
at-spi2-core i686 2.20.2-1.fc24 @@commandline 448 k
atk i686 2.20.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 1.2 M
attica i686 0.4.2-9.fc24 @@commandline 848 k
audit-libs i686 2.6.4-2.fc24 @updates 237 k
avahi-libs i686 0.6.32-1.fc24 @@commandline 144 k
bzip2-libs i686 1.0.6-20.fc24 @@commandline 71 k
cairo i686 1.14.6-1.fc24 @@commandline 1.8 M
cairo-gobject i686 1.14.6-1.fc24 @@commandline 26 k
cdparanoia-libs i686 10.2-21.fc24 @@commandline 125 k
clucene-core i686 2.3.3.4-24.20130812.e8e3d20git.fc24 @@commandline 1.7 M
clucene09-core i686 0.9.21b-16.fc24 @@commandline 1.0 M
colord-libs i686 1.3.2-3.fc24 @@commandline 550 k
cracklib i686 2.9.6-2.fc24 @@commandline 190 k
cups-libs i686 1:2.1.4-1.fc24 @@commandline 807 k
cyrus-sasl-lib i686 2.1.26-26.2.fc24 @@commandline 386 k
dbus-libs i686 1:1.11.2-1.fc24 @@commandline 366 k
dbusmenu-qt i686 0.9.3-0.11.20150604.fc24 @@commandline 243 k
elfutils-libelf i686 0.166-2.fc24 @@commandline 1.0 M
elfutils-libs i686 0.166-2.fc24 @@commandline 691 k
enchant i686 1:1.6.0-13.fc24 @@commandline 119 k
exiv2-libs i686 0.25-3.fc24 @@commandline 6.0 M
expat i686 2.1.1-2.fc24 @@commandline 206 k
flac-libs i686 1.3.1-6.fc24 @@commandline 568 k
fontconfig i686 2.11.94-6.fc24 @@commandline 589 k
freetype i686 2.6.3-2.fc24 @@commandline 726 k
gamin i686 0.1.10-22.fc24 @@commandline 418 k
gdk-pixbuf2 i686 2.34.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 2.4 M
gdk-pixbuf2-modules i686 2.34.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 211 k
giflib i686 4.1.6-15.fc24 @@commandline 86 k
glib-networking i686 2.48.2-1.fc24 @@commandline 422 k
glib2 i686 2.48.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 11 M
glibc i686 2.23.1-8.fc24 @@commandline 15 M
gmp i686 1:6.1.0-2.fc24 @@commandline 704 k
gnutls i686 3.4.14-1.fc24 @updates 2.0 M
graphite2 i686 1.3.6-1.fc24 @@commandline 236 k
gsm i686 1.0.13-14.fc24 @@commandline 54 k
gstreamer1 i686 1.8.2-1.fc24 @@commandline 4.0 M
gstreamer1-plugins-base i686 1.8.2-1.fc24 @@commandline 4.4 M
gtk3 i686 3.20.6-1.fc24 @@commandline 17 M
harfbuzz i686 1.2.7-1.fc24 @@commandline 575 k
harfbuzz-icu i686 1.2.7-1.fc24 @@commandline 10 k
herqq i686 1.0.0-13.fc24 @@commandline 1.1 M
hunspell i686 1.3.3-9.fc24 @@commandline 579 k
hyphen i686 2.8.8-4.fc24 @@commandline 46 k
ilmbase i686 2.2.0-5.fc24 @@commandline 477 k
jasper-libs i686 1.900.1-32.fc24 @@commandline 317 k
jbigkit-libs i686 2.1-5.fc24 @@commandline 103 k
json-c i686 0.12-7.fc24 @@commandline 45 k
json-glib i686 1.2.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 478 k
kate4-part i686 4.14.3-16.fc24 @@commandline 9.3 M
kde-platform-plugin i686 1:4.11.22-16.fc24 @@commandline 46 k
kde-style-breeze i686 5.6.5-1.fc24 @@commandline 610 k
kdelibs i686 6:4.14.22-1.fc24 @updates 43 M
kdelibs-ktexteditor i686 6:4.14.22-1.fc24 @updates 251 k
kdelibs-webkit i686 6:4.14.22-1.fc24 @updates 169 k
keyutils-libs i686 1.5.9-8.fc24 @@commandline 53 k
krb5-libs i686 1.14.1-7.fc24 @@commandline 2.1 M
lcms2 i686 2.7-3.fc24 @@commandline 361 k
libICE i686 1.0.9-5.fc24 @@commandline 150 k
libSM i686 1.2.2-4.fc24 @@commandline 82 k
libX11 i686 1.6.3-3.fc24 @@commandline 1.3 M
libXScrnSaver i686 1.2.2-10.fc24 @@commandline 35 k
libXau i686 1.0.8-6.fc24 @@commandline 49 k
libXcomposite i686 0.4.4-8.fc24 @@commandline 34 k
libXcursor i686 1.1.14-6.fc24 @@commandline 44 k
libXdamage i686 1.1.4-8.fc24 @@commandline 28 k
libXevie i686 1.0.3-11.fc24 @@commandline 26 k
libXext i686 1.3.3-4.fc24 @@commandline 86 k
libXfixes i686 5.0.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 25 k
libXft i686 2.3.2-4.fc24 @@commandline 120 k
libXi i686 1.7.6-2.fc24 @@commandline 71 k
libXinerama i686 1.1.3-6.fc24 @@commandline 14 k
libXpm i686 3.5.11-5.fc24 @@commandline 109 k
libXrandr i686 1.5.0-3.fc24 @@commandline 46 k
libXrender i686 0.9.9-3.fc24 @@commandline 45 k
libXt i686 1.1.5-3.fc24 @@commandline 391 k
libXtst i686 1.2.2-6.fc24 @@commandline 28 k
libXv i686 1.0.10-4.fc24 @@commandline 21 k
libXxf86vm i686 1.1.4-3.fc24 @@commandline 24 k
libacl i686 2.2.52-11.fc24 @@commandline 35 k
libasyncns i686 0.8-10.fc24 @@commandline 54 k
libattr i686 2.4.47-16.fc24 @@commandline 19 k
libcap i686 2.24-9.fc24 @@commandline 99 k
libcap-ng i686 0.7.7-4.fc24 @fedora 44 k
libcom_err i686 1.42.13-4.fc24 @@commandline 58 k
libcurl i686 7.47.1-5.fc24 @@commandline 514 k
libdatrie i686 0.2.9-3.fc24 @@commandline 57 k
libdb i686 5.3.28-14.fc24 @@commandline 1.9 M
libdrm i686 2.4.68-1.fc24 @@commandline 336 k
libepoxy i686 1.3.1-2.fc24 @@commandline 936 k
libffi i686 3.1-9.fc24 @@commandline 47 k
libgcc i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 @@commandline 202 k
libgcrypt i686 1.6.4-2.fc24 @@commandline 778 k
libgpg-error i686 1.21-2.fc24 @@commandline 624 k
libgusb i686 0.2.9-1.fc24 @@commandline 103 k
libicu i686 56.1-4.fc24 @@commandline 29 M
libidn i686 1.32-2.fc24 @@commandline 662 k
libiodbc i686 3.52.7-10.fc24 @@commandline 546 k
libjpeg-turbo i686 1.5.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 525 k
libmng i686 2.0.3-3.fc24 @@commandline 546 k
libmodman i686 2.0.1-12.fc24 @@commandline 57 k
libnghttp2 i686 1.7.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 146 k
libnotify i686 0.7.6-8.fc24 @@commandline 75 k
libogg i686 2:1.3.2-5.fc24 @@commandline 33 k
libpciaccess i686 0.13.4-3.fc24 @@commandline 43 k
libpng i686 2:1.6.23-1.fc24 @@commandline 223 k
libproxy i686 0.4.12-3.fc24 @@commandline 146 k
libpsl i686 0.13.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 47 k
libqzeitgeist i686 0.8.0-15.fc24 @@commandline 217 k
libseccomp i686 2.3.1-0.fc24 @@commandline 180 k
libsecret i686 0.18.5-1.fc24 @@commandline 461 k
libselinux i686 2.5-3.fc24 @@commandline 208 k
libsepol i686 2.5-3.fc24 @@commandline 673 k
libsndfile i686 1.0.25-20.fc24 @@commandline 451 k
libsoup i686 2.54.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 1.2 M
libssh2 i686 1.7.0-5.fc24 @@commandline 198 k
libstdc++ i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 @@commandline 1.7 M
libtasn1 i686 4.8-2.fc24 @updates 413 k
libthai i686 0.1.24-1.fc24 @@commandline 728 k
libtheora i686 1:1.1.1-14.fc24 @@commandline 707 k
libtiff i686 4.0.6-2.fc24 @@commandline 481 k
libtool-ltdl i686 2.4.6-11.fc24 @@commandline 65 k
libunistring i686 0.9.4-3.fc24 @@commandline 1.2 M
libusbx i686 1.0.21-0.1.git448584a.fc24 @@commandline 137 k
libutempter i686 1.1.6-8.fc24 @@commandline 39 k
libuuid i686 2.28-3.fc24 @@commandline 20 k
libverto i686 0.2.6-6.fc24 @@commandline 21 k
libvisual i686 1:0.4.0-20.fc24 @@commandline 425 k
libvorbis i686 1:1.3.4-6.fc24 @@commandline 765 k
libwayland-client i686 1.10.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 47 k
libwayland-cursor i686 1.10.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 30 k
libwayland-server i686 1.10.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 64 k
libwebp i686 0.5.0-2.fc24 @@commandline 714 k
libxcb i686 1.11.1-2.fc24 @@commandline 876 k
libxkbcommon i686 0.6.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 268 k
libxml2 i686 2.9.3-3.fc24 @@commandline 1.7 M
libxshmfence i686 1.2-3.fc24 @@commandline 6.1 k
libxslt i686 1.1.28-12.fc24 @@commandline 485 k
lz4 i686 r131-2.fc24 @@commandline 322 k
mesa-libEGL i686 12.0.1-1.fc24 @updates 209 k
mesa-libGL i686 12.0.1-1.fc24 @updates 508 k
mesa-libgbm i686 12.0.1-1.fc24 @updates 55 k
mesa-libglapi i686 12.0.1-1.fc24 @updates 246 k
mesa-libwayland-egl i686 12.0.1-1.fc24 @updates 6.0 k
mpfr i686 3.1.4-1.fc24 @@commandline 511 k
ncurses-libs i686 6.0-5.20160116.fc24 @@commandline 826 k
nettle i686 3.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 601 k
nspr i686 4.12.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 298 k
nss i686 3.25.0-1.0.fc24 @updates 2.4 M
nss-softokn i686 3.25.0-1.0.fc24 @updates 1.1 M
nss-softokn-freebl i686 3.25.0-1.0.fc24 @updates 448 k
nss-util i686 3.25.0-1.0.fc24 @updates 173 k
openldap i686 2.4.44-1.fc24 @@commandline 986 k
openssl-libs i686 1:1.0.2h-1.fc24 @@commandline 2.6 M
opus i686 1.1.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 324 k
orc i686 0.4.25-1.fc24 @@commandline 615 k
p11-kit i686 0.23.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 436 k
pam i686 1.2.1-5.fc24 @@commandline 2.4 M
pango i686 1.40.1-1.fc24 @@commandline 721 k
pcre i686 8.39-2.fc24 @@commandline 1.4 M
phonon i686 4.9.0-3.fc24 @@commandline 676 k
phonon-backend-gstreamer i686 2:4.9.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 439 k
pixman i686 0.34.0-2.fc24 @@commandline 711 k
polkit-libs i686 0.113-5.fc24 @@commandline 173 k
polkit-qt i686 0.112.0-7.fc24 @@commandline 210 k
proj i686 4.9.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 501 k
pulseaudio-libs i686 8.0-6.fc24 @@commandline 2.9 M
pulseaudio-libs-glib2 i686 8.0-6.fc24 @@commandline 18 k
qca i686 2.1.1-6.fc24 @@commandline 1.4 M
qt i686 1:4.8.7-18.fc24 @@commandline 18 M
qt-mobility-common i686 1.2.2-0.23.20140317git169da60c.fc24 @@commandline 115 k
qt-mobility-location i686 1.2.2-0.23.20140317git169da60c.fc24 @@commandline 1.9 M
qt-mobility-sensors i686 1.2.2-0.23.20140317git169da60c.fc24 @@commandline 431 k
qt-x11 i686 1:4.8.7-18.fc24 @@commandline 34 M
qtsoap i686 2.7-13.fc24 @@commandline 209 k
qtwebkit i686 2.3.4-11.fc24 @@commandline 70 M
raptor2 i686 2.0.15-6.fc24 @@commandline 545 k
rasqal i686 0.9.33-2.fc24 @@commandline 859 k
redland i686 1.0.17-7.fc24 @@commandline 481 k
rest i686 0.8.0-1.fc24 @@commandline 163 k
soprano i686 2.9.4-14.fc24 @@commandline 1.9 M
sqlite-libs i686 3.13.0-1.fc24 @updates 906 k
strigi-libs i686 0.7.8-12.fc24 @@commandline 1.7 M
systemd-libs i686 229-8.fc24 @@commandline 1.3 M
tcp_wrappers-libs i686 7.6-83.fc24 @@commandline 126 k
webkitgtk4 i686 2.12.3-1.fc24 @@commandline 38 M
webkitgtk4-jsc i686 2.12.3-1.fc24 @@commandline 11 M
xz-libs i686 5.2.2-2.fc24 @@commandline 172 k
yajl i686 2.1.0-5.fc24 @@commandline 71 k
zlib i686 1.2.8-10.fc24 @@commandline 187 k
I assume it would be safe to delete the i686 versions, but having good backups means it would only be an annoyance, not a disaster, if you accidentally nuked the system.
Well, I backed up all the important stuff, entered the "sudo dnf remove...", and hung on tight.
It all went smoothly, and a reboot after shows all is well.
Thanks for your help.
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