Centos_Error: Protected multilib versions _ solution yum install libc. so.6Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-repository base is listed more than once in the configurationRepository updates is listed more than once in the configurationRepository extras is listed more than once in the same centosplus is listed more than once in the same contrib is listed More than once in the configurationLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.stust.edu.tw * epel: mirrors.yun-idc.com * extras: threads * rpmforge: ftp.riken.jp * updates: ftp.tc.edu. twSetting up Install ProcessResolving DependenciesThere are unfinished transactions remaining. you might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. --> Running transacti On check ---> Package glibc. i686 0: 2. 12-1.107.el6_4.2 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so (latency) for package: glibc-2.12-1.107.el6_4.2.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libfreebl3.so for package: glibc-2.12-1.107.el6_4.2.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package nss-softokn-freebl.i686 0-3. 14.3-3. el6_4 will be installed --> Finished Dependency ResolutionError: Mult Ilib version problems found. this often means that the root cause is something else and multilib version checking is just pointing out that there is a problem. eg.: 1. you have an upgrade for glibc which is missing some dependency that another package requires. yum is trying to solve this by installing an older version of glibc of the different architecture. if you exclude the bad architecture yum Will tell you what the root cause is (which package requires what ). you can try redoing the upgrade with -- exclude glibc. otherarch... this shoshould give you an error message showing the root cause of the problem. 2. you have multiple ubuntures of glibc installed, but yum can only see an upgrade for one of those arcitectures. if you don't want/need both ubuntures anymore then you can remove The one with the missing update and everything will work. 3. you have duplicate versions of glibc installed already. you can use "yum check" to get yum show these errors .... you can also use -- setopt = protected_multilib = false to remove this checking, however this is almost never the correct thing to do as something else is very likely to go wrong (often causing much more problems ). protected multi Lib versions: glibc-2.12-1.107.el6_4.2.i686! = Glibc-2.12-1.47.el6.x86_64Error: Protected multilib versions: nss-softokn-freebl-3.14.3-3.el6_4.i686! = Nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-11.el6.x86_64 You cocould try using -- skip-broken to work around the problem ** Found 111 pre-existing rpmdb problem (s), 'yum check' output follows: SDL-1.2.14-3.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with SDL-1.2.14-2.el6.x86_64atlas-3.8.4-2.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with atlas-3.8.4-1.el6.x86_64audit-libs-2.2-2.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with audit-libs-2.1.3-3.el6.x86_64augeas-libs-0.9. 0-4.el6.x86_64 is a duplicate with augeas-libs-0.9.0-1.el6.x86_64bash-4.1.2-15.el6_4.x86_64 is a duplicate with bash-4.1.2-8.el6.centos.x86_64boost-date-time-1.41.0-17.el6_4.x86_64 is a duplicate with boost-date-time-1.41.0-11.el6_1.2.x86_64 error solution (many are in the prompt ): #1 manual processing of duplicates is dead #2 deleting duplicates sometimes causes problems with compiled and installed software, therefore, we still need to be prepared. #3 automatically delete the duplicate command package-cleanup -- cleandupes, which also causes #2 problems #4 Add the ignore parameter after the yum command: -- setopt = p Rotected_multilib = falseyou can also use -- setopt = protected_multilib = false to remove this checking, however this is almost never the correct thing to do as something else is very likely to go wrong (often causing much more problems ). as mentioned here, more probems may occur. But in reality, you can try this method, especially when an old system is still running. =-09 *&...... % ¥