Yum Update: "Transaction Check Error: XXXX is already installed" (Doc ID 2562070.1)

Last updated on JULY 19, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

"yum update" or "yum install ..." fail with the following error:

# yum upgrade

Upgrade 9 Packages (+4 Dependent packages)

Total size: 24 M
Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
(1/4): mdadm-4.1-rc1_2.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 433 kB 00:00:00
(2/4): microcode_ctl-2.1-47.5.0.3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm | 2.0 MB 00:00:00
(3/4): qt-x11-4.8.7-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm | 13 MB 00:00:00
(4/4): qt-4.8.7-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm | 4.6 MB 00:00:00
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 66 MB/s | 19 MB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test

Transaction check error:
  package mesa-libglapi-18.0.5-4.el7_6.x86_64 is already installed
  package mesa-libgbm-18.0.5-4.el7_6.x86_64 is already installed
  package mokutil-15-1.0.5.el7.x86_64 is already installed

Cause

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