# Cannot upgrade from repo package when trying to upgrade perl **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Tags:** rocky-linux-8\ **Created:** [November 14, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-repo-package-when-trying-to-upgrade-perl/19893 "2025-11-14T13:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yxiao2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b4bc9f/32.png) [@yxiao2](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/yxiao2)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-repo-package-when-trying-to-upgrade-perl/19893/1 "2025-11-14T13:57:03Z")
Greetings, I met a strange behavior when i tried to upgrade my perl-libs. So i have the correct package in my repo as you can see: ```auto \[user@vm \~\]$ dnf list perl-libs-4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64 Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 5.2 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00 Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 5.8 MB/s | 39 MB 00:06 Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 11 kB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 25 kB/s | 15 kB 00:00 Available Packages perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream ``` But i got the following errors when i tried to install it, ```auto \[user@vm \~\]$ sudo dnf update perl-libs.x86_64 Error: Problem: problem with installed package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+e71a7a62.x86_64 * package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+e71a7a62.x86_64 from @System requires libperl.so.5.26()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed * package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+e71a7a62.x86_64 from appstream requires libperl.so.5.26()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed * package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+11a26ffb.x86_64 from appstream requires perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.24.4), but none of the providers can be installed * package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+11a26ffb.x86_64 from appstream requires libperl.so.5.24()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed * cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64 from appstream and perl-libs-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.x86_64 from @System * cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64 from appstream and perl-libs-4:5.24.4-404.module+el8.6.0+882+2fa1e48f.x86_64 from appstream * cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64 from baseos and perl-libs-4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64 from appstream * cannot install both perl-libs-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.x86_64 from baseos and perl-libs-4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64 from appstream * cannot install the best update candidate for package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.x86_64 (try to add ‘–allowerasing’ to command line to replace conflicting packages or ‘–skip-broken’ to skip uninstallable packages or ‘–nobest’ to use not only best candidate packages) ``` So i tried to install the libperl.so.5.26()(64bit) version from a local rpm package since it is an earlier version, but it says no need to install it: ```auto \[user@vm \~\]$ sudo dnf install perl-libs-5.26.3-423.el8_10.x86_64.rpm Package perl-libs-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.x86_64 is already installed. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! ``` Then i downloaded the _perl-libs-5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86\_64.rpm_ locally and installed it, and this time, it was successful! So now i feel confused, why it does not allow me to install from repo but the local installation will work? As we can see, even i tried to install from the local package, it still find those dependencies from the appstream repo: ```auto # user@vm \~\]$ sudo dnf install perl-libs-5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68.x86_64.rpm Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:37 ago on Thu 13 Nov 2025 04:16:09 PM EST. Dependencies resolved. # Package Architecture Version Repository Size Upgrading: perl-Carp noarch 1.50-439.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 32 k perl-DBD-SQLite x86_64 1.58-2.module+el8.9.0+1509+99849472 appstream 191 k perl-DBI x86_64 1.641-4.module+el8.9.0+1495+776b191b appstream 738 k perl-Data-Dumper x86_64 2.174-440.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 59 k perl-Digest noarch 1.20-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 28 k perl-Digest-MD5 x86_64 2.58-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 38 k perl-Encode x86_64 4:3.08-461.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 1.5 M perl-Errno x86_64 1.30-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 91 k perl-Exporter noarch 5.74-458.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 34 k perl-File-Path noarch 2.16-439.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 38 k perl-File-Temp noarch 1:0.231.100-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 64 k perl-Getopt-Long noarch 1:2.52-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 63 k perl-HTTP-Tiny noarch 0.078-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 60 k perl-IO x86_64 1.43-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 164 k perl-IO-Socket-IP noarch 0.41-2.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 47 k perl-MIME-Base64 x86_64 3.15-1001.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 30 k perl-Math-BigInt noarch 1:1.9998.18-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 202 k perl-Math-Complex noarch 1.59-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 123 k perl-PathTools x86_64 3.78-439.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 90 k perl-Pod-Escapes noarch 1:1.07-396.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 20 k perl-Pod-Perldoc noarch 3.28.01-443.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 89 k perl-Pod-Simple noarch 1:3.42-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 226 k perl-Pod-Usage noarch 4:2.01-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 43 k perl-Scalar-List-Utils x86_64 4:1.55-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 74 k perl-Socket x86_64 4:2.031-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 59 k perl-Storable x86_64 1:3.21-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 99 k perl-Term-ANSIColor noarch 5.01-458.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 51 k perl-Term-Cap noarch 1.17-396.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 22 k perl-Text-ParseWords noarch 3.30-396.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 17 k perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap noarch 2013.0523-396.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 23 k perl-Time-Local noarch 2:1.300-4.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 36 k perl-URI noarch 1.76-5.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 116 k perl-Unicode-Normalize x86_64 1.27-458.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 83 k perl-constant noarch 1.33-1001.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 25 k perl-interpreter x86_64 4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 148 k perl-libnet noarch 3.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 131 k perl-libs x86_64 4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 @commandline 2.2 M perl-macros noarch 4:5.32.1-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 87 k perl-parent noarch 1:0.238-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 20 k perl-podlators noarch 1:4.14-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 118 k perl-threads x86_64 1:2.25-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 62 k perl-threads-shared x86_64 1.61-457.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 48 k Installing dependencies: perl-AutoLoader noarch 5.74-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 98 k perl-B x86_64 1.80-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 260 k perl-Class-Struct noarch 0.66-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 98 k perl-DynaLoader x86_64 1.47-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 105 k perl-Fcntl x86_64 1.13-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 97 k perl-File-Basename noarch 2.85-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 93 k perl-File-Find noarch 1.37-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 102 k perl-File-stat noarch 1.09-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 93 k perl-FileHandle noarch 2.03-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 92 k perl-Getopt-Std noarch 1.12-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 92 k perl-IPC-Open3 noarch 1.21-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 99 k perl-POSIX x86_64 1.94-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 172 k perl-SelectSaver noarch 1.02-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 88 k perl-Symbol noarch 1.08-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 90 k perl-base noarch 2.27-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 92 k perl-if noarch 0.60.800-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 90 k perl-locale noarch 1.09-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 90 k perl-mro x86_64 1.23-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 105 k perl-overload noarch 1.31-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 122 k perl-overloading noarch 0.02-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 89 k perl-subs noarch 1.03-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 88 k perl-vars noarch 1.05-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 89 k Installing weak dependencies: perl-NDBM_File x86_64 1.15-473.module+el8.10.0+1616+0d20cc68 appstream 98 k Downgrading: perl-IO-Socket-SSL noarch 2.066-4.module+el8.9.0+1517+a76eaf6e appstream 297 k perl-Mozilla-CA noarch 20160104-7.module+el8.9.0+1521+b0a37ee7 appstream 14 k perl-Net-SSLeay x86_64 1.88-2.module+el8.9.0+1517+a76eaf6e appstream 377 k # Transaction Summary Install 23 Packages Upgrade 42 Packages Downgrade 3 Packages Total size: 10 M Total download size: 8.1 M ``` ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-repo-package-when-trying-to-upgrade-perl/19893/2 "2025-11-14T15:59:09Z")
Going by what you posted, your system is a mishmash of perl packages. You had perl packages from 5.24, 5.26 and 5.32 installed - most likely from inconsistent package installs from modules you had enabled/disabled previously or by installing them manually incorrectly like you just did in your post above by manually downloading perl-libs-5.32. ```auto root@rocky8:~# dnf module list perl Last metadata expiration check: 2:28:41 ago on Fri 14 Nov 2025 02:25:00 PM CET. Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream Name Stream Profiles Summary perl 5.24 common [d], minimal Practical Extraction and Report Language perl 5.26 [d][e] common [d], minimal Practical Extraction and Report Language perl 5.30 common [d], minimal Practical Extraction and Report Language perl 5.32 common [d], minimal Practical Extraction and Report Language ``` what you should be doing is: ```auto dnf module reset perl dnf update ``` If the modules had been used correctly, then the packages would be in a sane state and would have updated without problems. The fact you have a mix of perl packages from different versions is what has caused all your issues. How you got in that situation, only you know, but based by what your posted, we can guess manually downloading, or not using the modules correctly. Another situation is attempting to use the latest perl version, when other packages rely on perl-5.24 or 5.26. Which is another option as to why it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![yxiao2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b4bc9f/32.png) [@yxiao2](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/yxiao2)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-repo-package-when-trying-to-upgrade-perl/19893/3 "2025-11-14T16:35:02Z")
> [@iwalker](#): > > `dnf module list perl` Hi Iwalker, Thank you for the explanations! I feel it’s very strange, since this is a home lab VM, since i only manually installed one software on this VM. ---
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