All, My yum is dead starting on FC3 with a python error. Tried removing and reinstalling, failed Tried upgrading, failed Tried downloading source, compiling and installing, failed. Removed all and upgraded to FC4. Upgrade successful, yum still failing (up2date failing too) Through out this I was looking on the groups and internet for hints; Where I am now is this message: The yum libraries do not seem to be availableon your system for this version of python 2.4.1 (#1, May 16 2005, 15:19:29) [GCC 4.0.0 20050512 (Red Hat 4.0.0-5)] Please make sure the package you used to installyum was built for your install o f python. Reading notes, I see that urlgrabber and python-devel is needed Doing a rpm-q shows them not installed...so I install them. Doing another rpm -q shows still not installed...huh?! # rpm -Uvh python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1 is already installed # rpm -q libmxl* *python* yum* package libmxl* is not installed package libxml2-python-2.6.19-1.i386.rpm is not installed package libxml2-python-2.6.20-1.FC4.x86_64.rpm is not installed package python-2.4.1-2.i386.rpm is not installed package python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm is not installed package python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm is not installed package python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm is not installed package rpm-python-4.4.1-21.i386.rpm is not installed package yum-2.3.2-7.noarch.rpm is not installed [root@GA-LDBoehm tmp]# rpm -q libmxl* *python* yum* package libmxl* is not installed package libxml2-python-2.6.19-1.i386.rpm is not installed package libxml2-python-2.6.20-1.FC4.x86_64.rpm is not installed package python-2.4.1-2.i386.rpm is not installed package python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm is not installed package python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm is not installed package python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm is not installed package rpm-python-4.4.1-21.i386.rpm is not installed package yum-2.3.2-7.noarch.rpm is not installed [root@GA-LDBoehm tmp]# rpm -q python python-2.4.1-2 [root@GA-LDBoehm tmp]# rpm -q python* package python-2.4.1-2.i386.rpm is not installed package python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm is not installed package python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm is not installed package python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm is not installed What is going on here?! Can anyone offer some insight...ok, forget the insight..how do I fix this? TIA Larry Boehm The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/attachments/20060301/0b1482cd/attachment.html