dnf upgrade fails on cPanel after CloudLinux 7 to 8 migration

Modified on Mon, 6 May at 5:33 PM

You may get an error similar to this after converting your server from CloudLinux 7 to 8 with cPanel:

dnf upgrade
This system is receiving updates from CloudLinux Network server.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:21:02 ago on Mon 06 May 2024 04:48:42 PM CEST.
Error: 
 Problem 1: package alt-php81-percona5.7-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php81-common = 8.1.27, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php81-percona5.7-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 2: package alt-php81-percona5.5-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php81-pdo = 8.1.27, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php81-pdo-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php81-pdo-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-pdo-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-pdo-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-pdo-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php81-pdo-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php81-percona5.5-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 3: package alt-php82-percona5.7-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php82-common = 8.2.16, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php82-percona5.7-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 4: package alt-php82-percona5.5-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php82-pdo = 8.2.16, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php82-pdo-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-pdo-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php82-pdo-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-pdo-8.2.16-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php82-pdo-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-pdo-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php82-pdo-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php82-percona5.5-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 5: package alt-php83-percona5.7-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php83-common = 8.3.3, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php83-common-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-common-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php83-common-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-common-8.3.3-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php83-common-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-common-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php83-common-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php83-percona5.7-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 6: package alt-php83-percona5.5-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php83-pdo = 8.3.3, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php83-pdo-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-pdo-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php83-pdo-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-pdo-8.3.3-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php83-pdo-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-pdo-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php83-pdo-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php83-percona5.5-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 7: package alt-php81-mysql5.1-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php81-common = 8.1.27, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php81 = 8.1.27-4.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php81 = 8.1.27-4.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php81 = 8.1.27-1.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php81 = 8.1.27-2.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php81-common-8.1.27-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php81 = 8.1.27-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php81-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php81-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-8.1.27-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-8.1.27-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-8.1.27-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php81-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php81-mysql5.1-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 8: package alt-php81-mysql5.0-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php81-common = 8.1.27, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php81-common-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php81-common-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - package alt-php81-bcmath-8.1.28-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php81-common = 8.1.28-1.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php81-bcmath-8.1.27-4.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php81-mysql5.0-8.1.27-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 9: package alt-php82-mysql5.1-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php82-common = 8.2.16, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php82 = 8.2.16-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php82 = 8.2.16-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php82-common-8.2.16-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php82 = 8.2.16-2.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php82-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php82-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-8.2.16-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php82-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php82-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php82-mysql5.1-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 10: package alt-php82-mysql5.0-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php82-common = 8.2.16, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php82-common-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php82-common-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - package alt-php82-bcmath-8.2.18-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php82-common = 8.2.18-1.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php82-bcmath-8.2.16-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php82-mysql5.0-8.2.16-1.el7.x86_64
 Problem 11: package alt-php83-mysql5.1-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php83-common = 8.3.3, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php83-common-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from @System requires alt-php83 = 8.3.3-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php83-common-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php83 = 8.3.3-3.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package alt-php83-common-8.3.3-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 requires alt-php83 = 8.3.3-2.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install both alt-php83-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from @System
  - cannot install both alt-php83-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-8.3.3-2.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install both alt-php83-8.3.6-1.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8 and alt-php83-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64 from cloudlinux-x86_64-server-8
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package alt-php83-8.3.3-3.el8.x86_64
  - problem with installed package alt-php83-mysql5.1-8.3.3-1.el7.x86_64

To resolve this, run the following command:

# When agreeing, make sure only alt-php packages are being erased.
dnf upgrade --allowerasing

# Make sure all alt-php packages are installed
dnf reinstall alt-php*
dnf install alt-php*

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