Can't remove packages with zypper

**lmva** · 15-Mar-2022, 07:05

and when I try to unistall them

Code:

 root  ~  zypper remove 'kube*'                                                                                                                                                                                                                       104
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...


The following 16 packages are going to be REMOVED:
  cri-o-kubeadm-criconfig kubernetes-apiserver kubernetes-client kubernetes-coredns kubernetes-etcd kubernetes-kubeadm kubernetes-kubelet kubernetes-proxy kubernetes1.22-kubelet kubernetes1.23-apiserver kubernetes1.23-client kubernetes1.23-client-common
  kubernetes1.23-kubeadm kubernetes1.23-kubelet kubernetes1.23-kubelet-common kubernetes1.23-proxy


16 packages to remove.
After the operation, 624.0 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
error: package kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 1/16) Removing kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (216)kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-client-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 2/16) Removing kubernetes-client-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 .................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (217)kubernetes-client-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-coredns-1.8.6-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 3/16) Removing kubernetes-coredns-1.8.6-22.3.x86_64 .................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (218)kubernetes-coredns-1.8.6-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-etcd-3.5.1-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 4/16) Removing kubernetes-etcd-3.5.1-22.3.x86_64 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (219)kubernetes-etcd-3.5.1-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-kubeadm-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 5/16) Removing kubernetes-kubeadm-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 ................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (220)kubernetes-kubeadm-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-kubelet-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 6/16) Removing kubernetes-kubelet-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 ................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (221)kubernetes-kubelet-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
error: package kubernetes-proxy-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 7/16) Removing kubernetes-proxy-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (222)kubernetes-proxy-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
( 8/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-apiserver-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
( 9/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-client-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(10/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-kubeadm-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(11/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-proxy-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ................................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/bin/kubectl1.23 (part of link group kubectl) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
(12/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-client-common-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(13/16) Removing cri-o-kubeadm-criconfig-1.22.0-1.5.x86_64 .............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(14/16) Removing kubernetes1.22-kubelet-1.22.4-2.4.x86_64 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(15/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-kubelet-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(16/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-kubelet-common-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 .....<5%>=================================================================================================================================================================================[/](16/16) Removing kubernetes1.23-kubelet-common-1.23.0-3.2.x86_64 .......................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
There are running programs which still use files and libraries deleted or updated by recent upgrades. They should be restarted to benefit from the latest updates. Run 'zypper ps -s' to list these programs.

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So I end up with this again

Code:

 root  ~  zypper se -si '/^kube/'
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


S  | Name                 | Type    | Version     | Arch   | Repository
---+----------------------+---------+-------------+--------+----------------------
i+ | kubernetes-apiserver | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-apiserver | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-client    | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-client    | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-coredns   | package | 1.8.6-22.3  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-coredns   | package | 1.8.6-22.3  | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-etcd      | package | 3.5.1-22.3  | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-etcd      | package | 3.5.1-22.3  | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-kubeadm   | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-kubeadm   | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-kubelet   | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-kubelet   | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0
i+ | kubernetes-proxy     | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i+ | kubernetes-proxy     | package | 1.23.0-22.3 | x86_64 | openSUSE-20220310-0

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**hcvv** · 15-Mar-2022, 07:17

As you see manyfold in your listings, all of those packages are mentioned twice, everytime for two dfferent repositories. Thus it seems that your list of repositories is not as it should be. So please post

Code:

zypper lr -dU

for inspection.

**arvidjaar** · 15-Mar-2022, 10:19

Originally Posted by arvidjaar

Start with showing

Code:

rpm -qa kube\*

You ignored this.

Originally Posted by lmva

Code:

error: package kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 is not installed
( 1/16) Removing kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64 ..............................................................................................................................................................................................[error]
Removal of (216)kubernetes-apiserver-1.23.0-22.3.x86_64(@System) failed:

Somehow it attempts to remove packages with the wrong name - it has extra "(216)" at the beginning. It is unclear whether this is zypper or RPM issue. As you ignored my request, we still do not know what RPM believes is installed.