#5464 Unable to upgrade from 1.972 to 1.973 on Amazon Linux 2

[Rick Pearson]

Unable to upgrade from 1.972 to 1.973 on Amazon Linux 2 (Centos, Ubuntu, etc. are OK - JUST Amazon Linux 2):

Upgrade Webmin
Downloading http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.973-1.noarch.rpm (185 bytes) ..
Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.973/webmin-1.973-1.noarch.rpm (167 bytes) ..
Downloading https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.973/webmin-1.973-1.noarch.rpm (37.96 MiB) ..
Received 1 KiB (0 %)
Received 3.79 MiB (10 %)
Received 7.59 MiB (20 %)
Received 11.39 MiB (30 %)
Received 15.18 MiB (40 %)
Received 18.98 MiB (50 %)
Received 22.78 MiB (60 %)
Received 26.57 MiB (70 %)
Received 30.37 MiB (80 %)
Received 34.17 MiB (90 %)
Received 37.96 MiB (100 %)
.. download complete.
Package signature verified successfully.
Running RPM to upgrade Webmin .. Please wait a minute until it is complete before continuing.

file /usr/libexec/webmin/blue-theme from install of webmin-1.973-1.noarch conflicts with file from package webmin-1.972-1.noarch

[Rick Pearson]

Also occurs on Centos7:

esolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package webmin.noarch 0:1.972-1 will be updated
---> Package webmin.noarch 0:1.973-1 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Updating:
webmin noarch 1.973-1 Webmin 38 M

Transaction Summary

Upgrade 1 Package

Total size: 38 M
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test

Transaction check error:
file /usr/libexec/webmin/blue-theme from install of webmin-1.973-1.noarch conflicts with file from package webmin-1.972-1.noarch

Error Summary

.. install failed!

Hasn't happened on Ubuntu 12,14,16,18,20 OR Centos6. Will check Amazon Linux 2

[Rick Pearson]

And also on CloudLinux 6.10 and CloudLinux 7.9 - same issue. Curiously it works on Centos6.

On CloudLinux 6.10 I see:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, rhnplugin, universal-hooks
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * EA4: 103.223.184.12
 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 103.223.184.12
 * cpanel-plugins: 103.223.184.12
 * cloudlinux-x86_64-server-6: cl-mirror-sg.vhost.vn
 * epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package webmin.noarch 0:1.972-1 will be updated
---> Package webmin.noarch 0:1.973-1 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package           Arch              Version            Repository         Size
================================================================================
Updating:
 webmin            noarch            1.973-1            Webmin             38 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade       1 Package(s)

Total download size: 38 M
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating   : webmin-1.973-1.noarch                                        1/2Error unpacking rpm package webmin-1.973-1.noarch

error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/libexec/webmin/blue-theme: cpio: rename
  Verifying  : webmin-1.973-1.noarch                                        1/2webmin-1.972-1.noarch was supposed to be removed but is not!

  Verifying  : webmin-1.972-1.noarch                                        2/2 

Failed:
  webmin.noarch 0:1.972-1                webmin.noarch 0:1.973-1               

Complete!

Which may give more insights into why it is failing.

[Jamie Cameron]

Thanks, I see the cause of this and have uploaded a fixed package. You can get it by running :

yum clean all
yum install webmin

[Rick Pearson]

Jamie,

Thanks for that. I tried the yum clean all on Centos6 and when I now try to update/install webmin I can't as the Centos6 base repos are now "dead".

This directory (and version of CentOS) is deprecated. Please see this FAQ
concerning the CentOS release scheme:

https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General

Please keep in mind that 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 , 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 , 6.9 and 6.10 no longer get any updates, nor
any security fix's.
The whole CentOS 6 is *dead* and *shouldn't* be used anywhere at *all*

It did work on Amazon Linux 2 and Centos7 though when I ran the following command:

yum --enablerepo=Webmin clean metadata; yum install webmin -y

Rick.

[Jamie Cameron]

Those must be the official CentOS repos - we don't have separate per-version repos for Webmin.

[King Arthur]

Thanks Jamie, resolved it for me on Centos 7.9.
:)