Multilib version problems found.

Symptoms

When updating EasyApache 4, accessing MultiPHP Manager, or updating system packages on RHEL-based systems, you receive an error containing the following.

Error: Multilib version problems found.

Description

The error can occur when perl* is excluded from dnf.conf, duplicate packages are installed, packages are installed from multiple distributions, or conflicting packages are installed from third-party repositories.

Workaround

1. Ensure that perl* is not excluded from dnf.conf.
2. Then review the error logs in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/packman/errors/ to identify the duplicate packages.
3. Remove duplicate packages from the system.
4. Run dnf update.

   dnf update -y

5. Lastly, review the output to check for any additional errors.

Additional resources

How to remove a package exclude from yum.conf

How to resolve duplicate RPMs

Packages installed from the wrong distribution

How to disable a repository on a RHEL-based system