[Yum] Yum 2.3.3-1 with redhat enterprise 4 update 1

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 03:14 +0200, Oded Maimon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i've installed yum-2.3.3-1 on my fresh installed (minimum install) rhel4 
> update 1,
> 
> i used the yum-2.3.3-1.src.rpm from yum site and rebuild it.
> 
> 
> i resolved all the dependenices for yum by installing:
> 
> python-elementtree-1.2.6-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm     - from dag
> 
> python-sqlite-0.5.0-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm     - from dag
> 
> python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm     - got the source from fc4  and 
> rebuild it
> 
> sqlite-2.8.16-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm     - from dag
> 
> 
> when i'm trying to run "yum list" i get:
> 
> 
> The yum libraries do not seem to be available on your system for this 
> version of python  2.3.4 (#1, Feb  2 2005, 11:44:49)
> [GCC 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)]
> Please make sure the package you used to install yum was built for your 
> install of python.
> 
> 
> any one now what may be the problem?

rhel4 is mostly like fc3. You'd be best off getting those dependencies
from the Fedora Extras 3 and Fedora Core 3 repositories.

The most important bits is to make sure the python path to the packages
you've installed is /usr/lib/python2.3 not /usr/lib/python2.4


-sv