When installing any component, if the installation fails, then HP SUM displays Update returned an error message. To determine the installation failure, review the associated component log.

However, when installing RPMs using HP SUM you might see this error when the RPMs for more than one Linux distribution are present in a single repository and a SPP bundle from the Select Bundle screen is not selected.

In this scenario, when multiple versions of source RPMs exist, the RPMs that are not the latest are not installed and Update not needed or Not Updated-already current messages are returned. HP SUM cannot determine which source RPMs go with which distribution because the RPMs do not contain any operating system information.

To resolve this issue, ensure that you select the bundle for the OS distribution on the Select Bundle screen for installation or remove the RPMs from the directory that are not applicable to the Linux distribution you are using.