On 10/11/26 3:51 PM, Akemi Yagi via AlmaLinux Users wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM Paul Graff via AlmaLinux Users
> <users(a)lists.almalinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, for a few weeks now there are a couple of packages libheif-freeworld
>> and vlc-plugins-freeworld that seem to be problematic.
>>
>> [root@ThinkCentre-72e ~]# dnf upgrade
>> Last metadata expiration check: 1:34:39 ago on Sat 03 Oct 2026 09:39:52
>> AM CDT.
>> Error:
>> Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package
>> libheif-freeworld-1.16.1-1.el9.x86_64
>> - nothing provides libheif(x86-64) = 1.23.5 needed by
>> libheif-freeworld-1.23.5-1.el9.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
>> Problem 2: cannot install the best update candidate for package
>> vlc-plugins-freeworld-3.0.23-1.el9.x86_64
>> - nothing provides vlc-libs(x86-64) >= 1:3.0.24 needed by
>> vlc-plugins-freeworld-3.0.24-1.el9.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
>> (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest'
>> to use not only best candidate packages)
>>
>> So I have been passing 'dnf upgrade --nobest' as shown below. In order
>> to complete the update.
>>
>> [root@ThinkCentre-72e ~]# dnf upgrade --nobest
>> Last metadata expiration check: 1:35:13 ago on Sat 03 Oct 2026 09:39:52
>> AM CDT.
>> Dependencies resolved.
>>
>> Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package
>> libheif-freeworld-1.16.1-1.el9.x86_64
>> - nothing provides libheif(x86-64) = 1.23.5 needed by
>> libheif-freeworld-1.23.5-1.el9.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
>> Problem 2: cannot install the best update candidate for package
>> vlc-plugins-freeworld-3.0.23-1.el9.x86_64
>> - nothing provides vlc-libs(x86-64) >= 1:3.0.24 needed by
>> vlc-plugins-freeworld-3.0.24-1.el9.x86_64 from rpmfusion-free-updates
> (snip)
>>
>> Is this something that will correct itself? What is the best course of
>> action to take?
>>
>> -Greatest Hopes
>
> Maybe it's been corrected by now? If not, wait a little longer until
> the repository site you are accessing gets fully updated.
>
> Akemi
Thank you for your response. Today I performed an update on the machine
and everything seemed to go fine.
-Thanks
