Perl issue with zypper dup update attempt on Tumbleweed

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Hi,
I’ve been running Tumbleweed for a year now, updates with zypper dup went smoothely all the time. Today is the first time I run into an iussue. I tried to search for it, but did not find anything, maybe it is just brandnew…
This is the error message that I am getting:

das installierte perl-DBD-CSV-0.640.0-1.1.noarch erfordert 'perl(DBD::File) >= 0.420', aber diese Anforderung kann nicht bereitgestellt werden
Gelöschte Anbieter: perl-DBI-1.651.0-1.3.x86_64

I wonder if it is wise to just wait a few more days for the next update, because this sounds like an issue that many people might be getting. I did not mess around much with my system, it is more or less a default setup.
Thanks for any help or advice.

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Where is perl-DBI-1.651.0-1.3 coming from as Tumbleweed is 1.653.0-1.1…

zypper se -s perl-DBI

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Thanks for your response. I guess this is what you are asking:

i  | perl-DBI                          | Paket      | 1.651.0-1.3   | x86_64 | (Systempakete)
v  | perl-DBI                          | Paket      | 1.653.0-1.1   | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS)
v  | perl-DBI                          | Paket      | 1.653.0-1.1   | x86_64 | openSUSE-20250505-0

As I said: I did not tweak anything - to the best of my knowledge. I once had Pacman in the loop for the sake of multimedia, but when I ran into an issue with VLC that looked scary, I took it out again. Other than that: no interventions from me, just plain default environment.

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You need to install the 1.653 version.

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Silly question: how do I go about this? When I ask Yast to update per-DBI I run into the same situation as with my zypper dup. Seems like a vicious circle. How can I break that up?

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Click on the version tab and select :wink:

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Arrgh, right in front of my eyes. Does it matter which of the two - OSS or 20250505-0? Gut feeling says OSS…

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Yes the oss one

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Thanks for your help, I needed some catching up with Yast etc. I had been in the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint camp for a very long time. After I had fixed the version the zypper dup worked like a charm. Case closed as far as I am concerned.

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@guwaller You need to look at using Myrlyn, YaST is deprecated and will be removed at some point. Likewise Cockpit for other tasks.

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Great advice, thanks for that. I took a look. Myrlyn seems to be all to do with packages, including zypper dup, so I won’t need the terminal for that anymore.
There is a lot more in Yast. When I chase for Cockpit all I find is a client that I could install. How is that a replacement for all Yast does besides software management? A client talks to a server. Where is that server? Do I have to set that up, too? Why do I want SSH when all I need to manage is my localhost? Seems I am still missing a lot in this world of Tumbleweed…

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@guwaller You can install the server part on your localhost, or use ssh and a flatpak client…

https://en.opensuse.org/Main:Cockpit

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Hello, I am having the same issue, however I cannot change to the 1.653 version.
The 1.651 version is ticked and the other is apparently selected:

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I can’t change anything there.
I have tried manually changing the version with zypper, but I still have the same issue
Kind regards

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@Spam what does zypper se -s perl-DBI show? Run zypper -vvv dup as well.