[Yum] problem in yum

[kesavan (K7)]

hi guys
i have tried to install some packages by using yum
but its showed some error message
so  guide me 
how to solve this problem?

the error was  
        [root at production ~]# yum
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

   libelf.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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:
2.4.3 (#1, Jan 21 2009, 01:10:13) 
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to 
the yum faq at:
  http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq


regards 
S.Kannan



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