mitch gorman wrote: > i'm at wits' end. after upgrading in-place an FC4 box to FC5, i'm > unable to run yum, or any of the yum utils, or up2date. i've tried > reinstalling, with --force, all of yum, libxml2, and libxml2-python, > and still i'm getting the following: apparently, my wits end far sooner than they ought. wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-sources-2.6.23.tar.gz tar xvfz libxml2-sources-2.6.23.tar.gz cd libxml2-2.6.23 ./configure --with-python make && make install [root@speedlimit35 ~]# yum Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "changelog" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin You need to give some command usage: yum [options] < update | install | info | remove | list | clean | provides | search | check-update | groupinstall | groupupdate | grouplist | groupinfo | groupremove | makecache | localinstall | erase | upgrade | whatprovides | localupdate | resolvedep | shell | deplist > options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -t, --tolerant be tolerant of errors -C run entirely from cache, don't update cache -c [config file] config file location -R [minutes] maximum command wait time -d [debug level] debugging output level -e [error level] error output level -y answer yes for all questions --version show Yum version and exit --installroot=[path] set install root --enablerepo=[repo] enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed) --disablerepo=[repo] disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed) --exclude=[package] exclude package(s) by name or glob --obsoletes enable obsoletes processing during updates --noplugins disable Yum plugins --changelog Show changelog delta of updated packages [root@speedlimit35 ~]# wooohooooo!!