Hi all, I fear I have left out an important point on the 7.x instructions: Does the system meet all of yum's requirements? I'm not sure if the rpm-python package is installed by default in all setups. I guess gnupg is, but the user may have erased it for some unknown reason. So before installing yum we should include a section like "Preparing your system", for which I have the following suggestion: --- cut here --- 0. Prepare your system [or "1.", and renumber the following steps] Besides rpm itself, yum depends on the gnupg, python and rpm-python packages. Please check if all the packages are available through executing as root: rpm -q gnupg python rpm rpm-python rpm will output the package versions, or "...is not installed" if you're missing any of these packages. If all packages are installed, just continue with step 1 [or 2 when renumbering]. If you're missing packages, you have to install them before you can proceed. Red Hat Linux 7.2: Are you missing rpm-python, but still running rpm 4.0.3? Then please upgrade your rpm package first (if you already have rpm-python and just need gnupg and/or python, you can simply skip this step; later yum will automatically care for possibly needed updates): rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/rpm-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm Now install any of these packages that you're missing: rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-13.i386.rpm rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/python-1.5.2-43.72.i386.rpm rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.2/updates/i386/rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: Install any of these packages that you're missing: rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/gnupg-1.0.7-13.i386.rpm rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/python-1.5.2-43.73.i386.rpm rpm -ivh http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/os/i386/rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.18.i386.rpm Doesn't that look like a mess? Don't worry, this should have been the last time you did this manually. yum will automatically retrieve and install the newest packages with all dependencies with a single call. --- cut here --- Feedback is welcome... Jonas
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