Bug 1522905

Summary: Unable to install firmware-addon-dell because of python-smbios dependency problems
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: aannoaanno
Component: firmware-addon-dellAssignee: Michael E Brown <mebrown>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 27CC: awilliam, daniel.sales.z, mebrown, praveenkpaladugu
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Last Closed: 2018-03-28 21:32:09 UTC Type: Bug
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Description aannoaanno 2017-12-06 17:29:57 UTC
$ sudo dnf install firmware-addon-dell
Error:
 Problem: package firmware-addon-dell-2.2.9-12.fc25.x86_64 requires python-smbios, but none of the providers can be installed
  - conflicting requests
  - nothing provides python-ctypes needed by python-smbios-2.3.3-1.fc27.x86_64
  - nothing provides python-ctypes needed by python-smbios-2.3.0-6.fc27.x86_64

Comment 1 Daniel 2017-12-18 20:23:44 UTC
Same problem here, trying to upgrade from Fedora 26 to 27 using dnf system-upgrade on a Dell Inspiron 15. Any hints?

Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2018-03-28 21:32:09 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1399686 ***