On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 13:57, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@email.com> wrote:
So,  I have been trying to upgrade this fully updated f31 machine on the CLI. I have tried the following:


$ sudo dnf --refresh upgrade
Adobe Systems Incorporated                       17 kB/s | 2.9 kB     00:00
Fedora 31 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        6.6 kB/s | 986  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64                       93 kB/s |  16 kB     00:00
Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 - Updates             77 kB/s |  13 kB     00:00
Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates                     71 kB/s |  12 kB     00:00
Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates                    801 kB/s | 2.8 MB     00:03
Fedora 31 - x86_64                               96 kB/s |  16 kB     00:00
google-chrome                                    18 kB/s | 1.3 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Free - Updates        14 kB/s | 3.3 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Free                  23 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Nonfree - Updates     25 kB/s | 3.4 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 31 - Nonfree               23 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

$ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=32
Before you continue ensure that your system is fully upgraded by running "dnf --refresh upgrade". Do you want to continue [y/N]: y
Adobe Systems Incorporated                       17 kB/s | 2.9 kB     00:00
Fedora 32 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        6.7 kB/s | 986  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64                       87 kB/s |  16 kB     00:00
Fedora Modular 32 - x86_64 - Updates             71 kB/s |  13 kB     00:00
Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates                     65 kB/s |  11 kB     00:00
Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates                    402 kB/s | 460 kB     00:01
Fedora 32 - x86_64                               88 kB/s |  16 kB     00:00
google-chrome                                    24 kB/s | 1.3 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free - Updates        24 kB/s | 3.3 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Free                  22 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Nonfree - Updates     25 kB/s | 3.4 kB     00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 32 - Nonfree               23 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
Error:
 Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

$ sudo dnf distro-sync
Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:06 ago on Wed 02 Sep 2020 11:22:53 AM CDT.
Error:
 Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

I can not figure out what to do. Any suggestions?

Upgrading a broken system often leads to an open-ended fight with broken apps.    If you 
backup anything important and do a fresh install you know you will get a working system in 
finite time.   

It is amazing how fast two systems that start out with identical hardware and software from 
a disk image can diverge, especially when used by students.

--
George N. White III