[Yum] problem importing Python module

[Nick P]

The fix was to

unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH


See the solution described here:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=158604

thanks!



On Jan 12, 2008 6:17 AM, Tim Lauridsen <tim.lauridsen at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Nick P wrote:
> > When I issue any yum command, I receive the following error:
> >
> > ********
> > # yum update
> > There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
> > required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
> >
> >    /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlibmodule.so: undefined symbol:
> > inflateCopy
> >
> > Please install a package which provides this module, or
> > verify that the module is installed correctly.
> >
> > It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
> > current version of Python, which is:
> > 2.5 (r25:51908, Nov  6 2007, 16:54:01)
> > [GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27)]
> >
> > If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to
> > the yum faq at:
> >   http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
> >
> > *******
> > if from the python interpreter i issue import yum, i get this message:
> >
> > ******
> >  >>> import yum
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 37, in
> > <module>
> >     import rpmsack
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/rpmsack.py", line 20, in
> > <module>
> >     from rpmUtils import miscutils
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rpmUtils/miscutils.py", line
> > 20, in <module>
> >     import gzip
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/gzip.py", line 9, in <module>
> >     import zlib
> > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlibmodule.so: undefined
> > symbol: inflateCopy
> > **************
> >
> > I'm running Fedora release 7 (Moonshine).
> >
> > I would appreciate any help you can give me.  I was thinking that the
> > Package Manager in the Fedora desktop is based on yum, but it seems to
> > be working okay.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
> >
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> It look like there is an issue with your python installation, have you
> installed some non default python packages. AFAIK Fedora 7 uses python
> 2.4, Python 2.5 was first introduced in Fedora 8.
>
> yum should work with both python 2.4 & 2.5, but other python component
> might not.
>
> If you need python 2.5, why dont you upgrade to Fedora 8 ?
>
> Tim
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