dnf update aborts on CL9 + EPEL: ea-php81-85-php-gd and alt-php GD require libavif.so.15, EPEL 9 libavif 1.1.1 clashes with alt-common libavif/svt-av1-libs

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Posted Sep 29, 2026 - 16:28 UTC

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On CL9 cPanel servers with EPEL enabled (default best=True), `dnf update` / upcp aborts completely:
"package ea-php8X-php-gd ... requires libavif.so.15()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed".

To let updates proceed, add this line to the [epel] section of /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and run your update again:
excludepkgs=libavif* svt-av1*

This is a temporary workaround. Remove the exclude once the fix (ALTPHP-2626) is released. A regular dnf update will then complete normally.

Posted Sep 29, 2026 - 15:33 UTC

This incident affects: CloudLinux OS Components (EasyApache4 PHP packages).