[Yum] Re: Having Yum Problems

[seth vidal]

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 20:51 +0000, John Fox wrote:
> seth vidal writes:
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 20:34 +0000, John Fox wrote:
> >> seth vidal writes:
> > 
> >> 
> >> The output you requested is:
> >> 
> >> [root at aeries admin]# rpm -q rpm rpm-python yum python
> >> rpm-4.3.3-23_nonptl
> >> rpm-python-4.3.3-23_nonptl
> >> yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
> >> python-2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1
> > 
> > if you run this:
> > 
> > python
> > 
> > then at the >>> prompt type:
> > 
> > import rpm
> > 
> > what does it do?
> > 
> > -sv
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> iHi,
> 
> Output is:
> 
> [root at aeries admin]# python
> Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Jan 25 2007, 12:17:39)
> [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
> information.
> >>> import rpm
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named rpm
> >>>
> 
> Python 2.5 was installed  via tar.gz in January, 2007.
> 

that there is your problem.

until you un-do that or explicitly execute python 2.3, you're out of
luck.

-sv