Recently, we tried to install system-config-kickstart on a Fedora 25 x86_64 Workstation but it failed because dnf could not find an installation candidate for system-config-date.
The hack-ish solution
After reviewing the packages that were available at the time in https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/system-config-date/ we found the latest
rpm version and we had dnf install that manually.sudo dnf install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/system-config-date/1.10.9/3.fc25/noarch/system-config-date-1.10.9-3.fc25.noarch.rpm python-kickstart system-config-kickstart;
The installation went smoothly and we were able to use
system-config-kickstart.Output of successful installation
sudo dnf install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/system-config-date/1.10.9/3.fc25/noarch/system-config-date-1.10.9-3.fc25.noarch.rpm python-kickstart system-config-kickstart Last metadata expiration check: 2:57:07 ago on Sun May 14 08:43:53 2017. Package python-kickstart-2.32-1.fc25.noarch is already installed, skipping. Dependencies resolved. =========================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =========================================================================================== Installing: gnome-python2 x86_64 2.28.1-18.fc25 fedora 51 k gnome-python2-canvas x86_64 2.28.1-18.fc25 fedora 38 k libart_lgpl x86_64 2.3.21-15.fc25 fedora 71 k libglade2 x86_64 2.6.4-14.fc24 fedora 67 k libgnomecanvas x86_64 2.30.3-11.fc24 fedora 230 k libselinux-python x86_64 2.5-13.fc25 updates 239 k newt-python x86_64 0.52.19-2.fc25 fedora 60 k pygtk2-libglade x86_64 2.24.0-15.fc25 fedora 30 k pykickstart noarch 2.32-1.fc25 fedora 56 k python-slip noarch 0.6.4-4.fc25 fedora 37 k system-config-date noarch 1.10.9-3.fc25 @commandline 602 k system-config-keyboard noarch 1.4.0-10.fc25 fedora 38 k system-config-keyboard-base noarch 1.4.0-10.fc25 fedora 108 k system-config-kickstart noarch 2.9.3-3.fc24 fedora 361 k system-config-language noarch 3.4.0-1.fc25 fedora 128 k Transaction Summary =========================================================================================== Install 15 Packages Total size: 2.1 M Total download size: 1.5 M Installed size: 7.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/14): gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64.rpm 370 kB/s | 38 kB 00:00 (2/14): pygtk2-libglade-2.24.0-15.fc25.x86_64.rpm 797 kB/s | 30 kB 00:00 (3/14): newt-python-0.52.19-2.fc25.x86_64.rpm 371 kB/s | 60 kB 00:00 (4/14): python-slip-0.6.4-4.fc25.noarch.rpm 595 kB/s | 37 kB 00:00 (5/14): system-config-keyboard-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch.rpm 867 kB/s | 38 kB 00:00 (6/14): pykickstart-2.32-1.fc25.noarch.rpm 579 kB/s | 56 kB 00:00 (7/14): gnome-python2-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64.rpm 586 kB/s | 51 kB 00:00 (8/14): system-config-language-3.4.0-1.fc25.noarch.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 128 kB 00:00 (9/14): libart_lgpl-2.3.21-15.fc25.x86_64.rpm 656 kB/s | 71 kB 00:00 (10/14): system-config-kickstart-2.9.3-3.fc24.noarch.rpm 701 kB/s | 361 kB 00:00 (11/14): libglade2-2.6.4-14.fc24.x86_64.rpm 581 kB/s | 67 kB 00:00 (12/14): libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-11.fc24.x86_64.rpm 964 kB/s | 230 kB 00:00 (13/14): system-config-keyboard-base-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch. 826 kB/s | 108 kB 00:00 (14/14): libselinux-python-2.5-13.fc25.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 239 kB 00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 597 kB/s | 1.5 MB 00:02 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Installing : libglade2-2.6.4-14.fc24.x86_64 1/15 Installing : pygtk2-libglade-2.24.0-15.fc25.x86_64 2/15 Installing : libart_lgpl-2.3.21-15.fc25.x86_64 3/15 Installing : newt-python-0.52.19-2.fc25.x86_64 4/15 Installing : libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-11.fc24.x86_64 5/15 Installing : libselinux-python-2.5-13.fc25.x86_64 6/15 Installing : python-slip-0.6.4-4.fc25.noarch 7/15 Installing : system-config-keyboard-base-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch 8/15 Installing : system-config-keyboard-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch 9/15 Installing : gnome-python2-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64 10/15 Installing : gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64 11/15 Installing : system-config-date-1.10.9-3.fc25.noarch 12/15 Installing : system-config-language-3.4.0-1.fc25.noarch 13/15 Installing : pykickstart-2.32-1.fc25.noarch 14/15 Installing : system-config-kickstart-2.9.3-3.fc24.noarch 15/15 Verifying : system-config-date-1.10.9-3.fc25.noarch 1/15 Verifying : system-config-kickstart-2.9.3-3.fc24.noarch 2/15 Verifying : gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64 3/15 Verifying : newt-python-0.52.19-2.fc25.x86_64 4/15 Verifying : pygtk2-libglade-2.24.0-15.fc25.x86_64 5/15 Verifying : python-slip-0.6.4-4.fc25.noarch 6/15 Verifying : pykickstart-2.32-1.fc25.noarch 7/15 Verifying : system-config-keyboard-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch 8/15 Verifying : system-config-language-3.4.0-1.fc25.noarch 9/15 Verifying : gnome-python2-2.28.1-18.fc25.x86_64 10/15 Verifying : libart_lgpl-2.3.21-15.fc25.x86_64 11/15 Verifying : libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-11.fc24.x86_64 12/15 Verifying : libglade2-2.6.4-14.fc24.x86_64 13/15 Verifying : system-config-keyboard-base-1.4.0-10.fc25.noarch 14/15 Verifying : libselinux-python-2.5-13.fc25.x86_64 15/15 Installed: gnome-python2.x86_64 2.28.1-18.fc25 gnome-python2-canvas.x86_64 2.28.1-18.fc25 libart_lgpl.x86_64 2.3.21-15.fc25 libglade2.x86_64 2.6.4-14.fc24 libgnomecanvas.x86_64 2.30.3-11.fc24 libselinux-python.x86_64 2.5-13.fc25 newt-python.x86_64 0.52.19-2.fc25 pygtk2-libglade.x86_64 2.24.0-15.fc25 pykickstart.noarch 2.32-1.fc25 python-slip.noarch 0.6.4-4.fc25 system-config-date.noarch 1.10.9-3.fc25 system-config-keyboard.noarch 1.4.0-10.fc25 system-config-keyboard-base.noarch 1.4.0-10.fc25 system-config-kickstart.noarch 2.9.3-3.fc24 system-config-language.noarch 3.4.0-1.fc25 Complete!
Output of failed installation attempts
sudo dnf install system-config-kickstart; Last metadata expiration check: 2:55:26 ago on Sun May 14 08:43:53 2017. Error: nothing provides system-config-date needed by system-config-kickstart-2.9.3-3.fc24.noarch (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages)
sudo dnf install system-config-kickstart --allowerasing; Last metadata expiration check: 1:44:34 ago on Sun May 14 08:43:53 2017. Error: nothing provides system-config-date needed by system-config-kickstart-2.9.3-3.fc24.noarch
sudo dnf install system-config-date; Last metadata expiration check: 2:22:31 ago on Sun May 14 08:43:53 2017. No package system-config-date available. Error: Unable to find a match.
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