Symptoms
When updating system packages, you encounter conflicts similar to the following.
file /etc/my.cnf conflicts between attempted installs of cl-MariaDB103-libs-10.3.39-4.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64 and cl-MariaDB105-libs-10.5.22-2.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64
file /lib64/security/pam_user_map.so conflicts between attempted installs of cl-MariaDB103-libs-10.3.39-4.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64 and cl-MariaDB105-server-10.5.22-2.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64
file /usr/share/mysql/czech/errmsg.sys conflicts between attempted installs of cl-MariaDB103-libs-10.3.39-4.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64 and cl-MariaDB105-server-10.5.22-2.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64
file /usr/share/mysql/danish/errmsg.sys conflicts between attempted installs of cl-MariaDB103-libs-10.3.39-4.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64 and cl-MariaDB105-server-10.5.22-2.el7.cloudlinux.x86_64
Description
The issue is due to compatibility issues with the mysqlclient18-compat package. CloudLinux is reviewing this issue in their internal ticket, CLOS-1955.
Workaround
- Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
- Run the following command
rpm -e --nodeps mysqlclient18-compat
dnf clean all
