yum update returns kernel error

Question

I want to install virtualbox in fedora20. I have followed the instruction here:

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-with-yum-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

but when I execute :

yum update

I get the following error:

Error: Package: kmod-VirtualBox-3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64-4.3.18-1.fc20.1.x86_64 (rpmfusion-free-updates) Requires: kernel-uname-r = 3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64 Installed: kernel-3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (@anaconda) kernel-uname-r = 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 Installed: kernel-3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64 (@updates) kernel-uname-r = 3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64 Installed: kernel-3.16.4-200.fc20.x86_64 (@updates) kernel-uname-r = 3.16.4-200.fc20.x86_64 Available: kernel-debug-3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (fedora) kernel-uname-r = 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64+debug Available: kernel-debug-3.16.4-200.fc20.x86_64 (updates) kernel-uname-r = 3.16.4-200.fc20.x86_64+debug You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

How can I solve this problem with the kernel without following the above suggestions?

Answer 1

Check /etc/yum.conf (or any other yum.conf that your yum might by using. Check for the following line:

exclude=kernel*

Comment out that line, do a yum clean all and try yum update again and it should go through fine. This line is asking yum to exclude the kernel from getting updated. You are getting that error since kernel is not getting updated, but a package that is depended on the new kernel tries to get updated.