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I seem to be having issues with curl not updating in a Toolbox container because libnghttp2 can’t seem to update?

This is the error I’m seeing.

➜  ~
> sudo dnf update -y
Repository packages-microsoft-com-prod is listed more than once in the configuration
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:37 ago on Thu Dec 15 07:27:35 2022.
Dependencies resolved.

 Problem 1: package libcurl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package libcurl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - package libnghttp2-1.51.0-1.fc36.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
 Problem 2: package curl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libcurl(x86-64) >= 7.82.0-11.fc36, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-minimal-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best update candidate for package curl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - package libnghttp2-1.51.0-1.fc36.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                 Architecture                                   Version                                                Repository                                       Size
=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
 curl                                                    x86_64                                         7.82.0-11.fc36                                         updates                                         309 k
 libcurl                                                 x86_64                                         7.82.0-11.fc36                                         updates                                         301 k
 libcurl-minimal                                         x86_64                                         7.82.0-11.fc36                                         updates                                         233 k

Transaction Summary
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Skip  3 Packages

Nothing to do.
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So, I searched around and saw I should use --allowerasing --best and got a different error. These I’ve never figured out how to fix.

➜  ~
> sudo dnf update -y --allowerasing --best
Repository packages-microsoft-com-prod is listed more than once in the configuration
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:45 ago on Thu Dec 15 07:27:35 2022.
Error:
 Problem 1: cannot install the best update candidate for package libcurl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - problem with installed package libcurl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - package libcurl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libnghttp2-1.51.0-1.fc36.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
 Problem 2: cannot install the best update candidate for package curl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - problem with installed package curl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64
  - package curl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libcurl(x86-64) >= 7.82.0-11.fc36, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-minimal-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libnghttp2-1.51.0-1.fc36.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

Then I think I saw someone say try to install it, but that failed. I’m hesitant to uninstall curl as I think most of this depends on that anyways.

➜  ~
> sudo dnf install curl --assumeyes --allowerasing --best
Repository packages-microsoft-com-prod is listed more than once in the configuration
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:51 ago on Thu Dec 15 07:27:35 2022.
Package curl-7.82.0-9.fc36.x86_64 is already installed.
Error:
 Problem: package curl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libcurl(x86-64) >= 7.82.0-11.fc36, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - package libcurl-minimal-7.82.0-11.fc36.x86_64 requires libnghttp2(x86-64) >= 1.51.0, but none of the providers can be installed
  - cannot install the best candidate for the job
  - package libnghttp2-1.51.0-1.fc36.x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

I’m working in a Toolbox container currently that is running Fedora 36. The host is running Fedora 37.

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That is the key. Modular filtering.

One of the first things I do with any install is disable the fedora-modular and modular-updates repos.

I do not have any of these issues with packages since they are never installed in modular form.

You can search on this forum for how to handle the modular filtering. I have seen some posts with the same error and some fixes but have never personally had to deal with the issue.

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You probably want to look and see what is installed.
sudo dnf module list | grep "\[e\]\|\[i\]"

Once you identify the module you’ll want to disable it.

The other instance of this occurring for libnghttp2 was the nodejs module.

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You are correct, it’s the nodejs Module. This is part of the NodeJS install docs. Sure, I could setup nvm, but I was in a toolbox container and didn’t want to plant things on my host system I didn’t need.

➜  ~
> sudo dnf module list | grep "\[e\[\|\[i\]"
Repository packages-microsoft-com-prod is listed more than once in the configuration
nodejs             16 [e]           common [d] [i], development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs             16 [e]           common [d] [i], development, minimal Javascript runtime

Then I disabled it.

➜  ~
> sudo dnf module disable nodejs:16
Repository packages-microsoft-com-prod is listed more than once in the configuration
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:11 ago on Fri Dec 16 08:01:42 2022.
Only module name is required. Ignoring unneeded information in argument: 'nodejs:16'
Dependencies resolved.
=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                            Architecture                                      Version                                               Repository                                          Size
=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Disabling module profiles:
 nodejs/common
Disabling modules:
 nodejs

Transaction Summary
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Is this ok [y/N]: y
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Then I was able to perform my sudo dnf update -y. It also seemed to update nodejs as well?

I guess this would be a new question, but why provide this from a module if it eventually does this?