Hi,
I have switched to Aurora DX and I can see a warning in Podman Desktop:
“You have multiple Podman instances in your PATH: /usr/bin/podman, /bin/podman, /usr/sbin/podman, /sbin/podman. This may cause conflicts. Consider leaving one installation or configure custom binary path in the Podman extension settings to avoid issues.”
I am not sure how big of an issue that is. I just don’t like to see warnings and errors in my system. Is there an easy, safe and proven way to fix this?
jxan13
November 3, 2025, 11:31am
2
opened 04:52AM - 28 Sep 25 UTC
closed 02:09PM - 22 Oct 25 UTC
kind/bug 🐞
os/linux 🐧
### Bug description
Setup Information:
OS : Fedora 42 Workstation KDE (6.16.8-… 200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit))
While trying to install podman using `sudo dnf install podman`, it said podman already exists. I then installed podman machine using `sudo dnf -y install podman-machine`, and post that podman desktop from Discover Store(Flatpak).
Upon opening podman desktop I see this message
> Multiple Podman installations detected: You have multiple Podman installations. This may cause conflicts. Consider leaving one installation or configure custom binary path in the Podman extension settings to avoid issues.
<img width="2560" height="1364" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/33a2e866-00c0-4dce-b1e3-9a5d11bbe749" />
I checked the podman version installed and it shows only one
```
amim@fedora:~$ podman version
Client: Podman Engine
Version: 5.6.1
API Version: 5.6.1
Go Version: go1.24.6
Git Commit: 1e2b2315150b2ffa0971596fb5da8cd83f3ce0e1
Built: Thu Sep 4 05:30:00 2025
Build Origin: Fedora Project
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
amim@fedora:~$ podman machine info
host:
arch: amd64
currentmachine: ""
defaultmachine: ""
eventsdir: /run/user/1000/podman
machineconfigdir: /home/amim/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu
machineimagedir: /home/amim/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu
machinestate: ""
numberofmachines: 0
os: linux
vmtype: qemu
version:
apiversion: 5.6.1
version: 5.6.1
goversion: go1.24.6
gitcommit: 1e2b2315150b2ffa0971596fb5da8cd83f3ce0e1
builttime: Thu Sep 4 05:30:00 2025
built: 1756944000
buildorigin: Fedora Project
osarch: linux/amd64
os: linux
amim@fedora:~$ whereis podman
podman: /usr/bin/podman /usr/libexec/podman /usr/share/man/man1/podman.1.gz
amim@fedora:~$ which podman
/usr/bin/podman
amim@fedora:~$
```
### Operating system
Fedora 42 Workstation KDE (6.16.8-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit))
### Installation Method
Flathub (Linux)
### Version
1.21.0
### Steps to reproduce
_No response_
### Relevant log output
```shell
```
### Additional context
_No response_
According to this, it’s fixed in 1.23 when that is released. The schedule is showing Nov. 10 for the release.
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Thank you! I looked in the context of Universal Blue and I did not think about Podman itself. I don’t know why.
