I'm running centos 4.4, and when I run any yum command, I get a scriptlet error. From what I read online, this is a package error, but it occurs on every package, and every command.
As you can see below, the error prevents the requested removal from happening. Any help is appreciated...
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[root@localhost /]# yum remove mysql
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package mysql.i386 0:4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
Setting up repositories
update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
--> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.14(libmysqlclient_14) for package: dovecot
--> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.14 for package: dovecot
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package dovecot.i386 0:0.99.11-4.EL4 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
mysql i386 4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1 installed 5.2 M
Removing for dependencies:
dovecot i386 0.99.11-4.EL4 installed 1.4 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 2 Package(s)
Total download size: 0
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
error: %preun(mysql-4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
error: %preun(dovecot-0.99.11-4.EL4.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
Removed: mysql.i386 0:4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1
Dependency Removed: dovecot.i386 0:0.99.11-4.EL4
Complete!
[root@localhost /]#yum list mysql
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Installed Packages
mysql.i386 4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1 installed
[root@localhost /]#
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