On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:51:12PM -0600, swordsaintzero wrote: > Thank you for your help, ... > Python works fine, rpm works great, so does every other > ap in the system except yum. ... > > It appears the system python path and the python listed in the rpms > database are the same, I have also since updated the rpm-python and rpm > bringing them both up to the repositories -24 version with no change in > yums behavior. > an rpm -Va does not show any missing rpms and as far as I > know all my versions are now in synch with each other. good idea for both updating and verifying the rpm database. > > I did discover a second python installation in /usr/local/bin for > python2.4 if I move the python entry in /usr/bin and ln -s > /usr/local/bin/python2.4 python, yum now returns, <... error deleted ...> yum-2.0.x depens on the system provided python-2.2 version. you should not have python -> python-2.4 [tru@carrington ~]$ ll /usr/bin/python* -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 786944 Feb 15 2005 /usr/bin/python lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Nov 23 00:45 /usr/bin/python2 -> python -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 786944 Feb 15 2005 /usr/bin/python2.2 if you don't need the python-2.4 version (in /usr/local/bin) and provided that it's has been installed with rpm, you could probably remove it. Cheers, Tru -- Dr Tru Huynh | http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/Binfs/ mailto:tru@xxxxxxxxxx | tel/fax +33 1 45 68 87 37/19 Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15 France
