# Installation issue: Percona-Server-shared-56 conflicts with Percona-Server-shared-55

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931 "2013-09-11T06:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![vijay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@vijay](https://forums.percona.com/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931/1 "2013-09-11T06:40:03Z")

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I am not able to install Percona 5.5 using yum.

Error: Percona-Server-shared-56 conflicts with Percona-Server-shared-55

How can I resolve this?

[root]# yum install Percona-Server-client-55 Percona-Server-server-55  
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security  
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

- atomic: atomic.mirror.uber.com.au
- base: [centos-mirror.jchost.net](http://centos-mirror.jchost.net)
- extras: [centos.mirror.constant.com](http://centos.mirror.constant.com)
- updates: [centos.mirror.nac.net](http://centos.mirror.nac.net)  
180 packages excluded due to repository priority protections  
Setting up Install Process  
Resolving Dependencies  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package Percona-Server-client-55.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-rel31.1.566.rhel6 will be installed  
 → Processing Dependency: Percona-Server-shared-55 for package: Percona-Server-client-55-5.5.33-rel31.1.566.rhel6.x86\_64  
—\> Package Percona-Server-server-55.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-rel31.1.566.rhel6 will be installed  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package Percona-Server-shared-55.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-rel31.1.566.rhel6 will be obsoleting  
—\> Package mysql-libs.x86\_64 0:5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1 will be obsoleted  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16()(64bit) for package: mysql-devel-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16()(64bit) for package: mysql-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16()(64bit) for package: 2:postfix-2.6.6-2.2.el6\_1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16()(64bit) for package: perl-DBD-MySQL-4.013-3.el6.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16(libmysqlclient\_16)(64bit) for package: mysql-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16(libmysqlclient\_16)(64bit) for package: 2:postfix-2.6.6-2.2.el6\_1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.16(libmysqlclient\_16)(64bit) for package: perl-DBD-MySQL-4.013-3.el6.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient\_r.so.16()(64bit) for package: mysql-devel-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient\_r.so.16()(64bit) for package: mysql-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient\_r.so.16(libmysqlclient\_16)(64bit) for package: mysql-5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1.x86\_64  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package Percona-Server-shared-compat.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-rel31.1.566.rhel6 will be obsoleting  
—\> Package mysql.x86\_64 0:5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1 will be updated  
—\> Package mysql.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-20.el6.art will be an update  
 → Processing Dependency: real-mysql-libs(x86-64) = 5.5.33-20.el6.art for package: mysql-5.5.33-20.el6.art.x86\_64  
—\> Package mysql-devel.x86\_64 0:5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1 will be updated  
—\> Package mysql-devel.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-20.el6.art will be an update  
 → Running transaction check  
—\> Package Percona-Server-shared-56.x86\_64 0:5.6.13-rc60.5.417.rhel6 will be obsoleting  
—\> Package mysql-libs.x86\_64 0:5.1.61-1.el6\_2.1 will be updated  
—\> Package mysql-libs.x86\_64 0:5.5.33-20.el6.art will be an update  
 → Processing Conflict: Percona-Server-shared-56-5.6.13-rc60.5.417.rhel6.x86\_64 conflicts Percona-Server-shared-55  
 → Finished Dependency Resolution  
Error: Percona-Server-shared-56 conflicts with Percona-Server-shared-55  
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem  
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

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**Author:** ![przemek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/przemek/32/3_2.png) [@przemek](https://forums.percona.com/u/przemek)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931/2 "2013-09-11T08:38:07Z")

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Seems that you have pretty mess in your current packages and available repositories. You seem to have installed various mysql packages from all these repositories: Centos, art, Percona. Also you seems to have Percona-Server-shared-56 already installed, while you cannot mix 5.5 and 5.6 packages.

Try to uninstall all the existing MySQL and Percona Server packages first, and then re-try installing Percona Server 5.5.

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**Author:** ![dafydd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dafydd](https://forums.percona.com/u/dafydd)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931/3 "2013-09-12T04:08:07Z")

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Thanks, your advice helped me! The problem was the mysql-libs package which presumably had been installed by something else.

yum remove mysql-libs  
yum update

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**Author:** ![InnocenzoGiminiani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@InnocenzoGiminiani](https://forums.percona.com/u/InnocenzoGiminiani)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/installation-issue-percona-server-shared-56-conflicts-with-percona-server-shared-55/2931/4 "2017-09-29T06:23:43Z")

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Hi,try:

1. Download mysql-community-libs-compat from mysql ([url][https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/[/url]](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/%5B/url%5D))  
rpm -i mysql-community-libs-compat-5.7.17-1.el7.x86\_64.rpm

2. Install perl-DBD-MySQL  
yum install perl-DBD-MySQL

3. Install percona-xtrabackup  
yum install percona-xtrabackup
