I can't update that way because this is a remote server. It looks like using yum to update up to RH9 isn't too difficult, and then from RH9 to Fedora is about equally challenging. I have rpm 4.1.1 and I yum 2.0 is installed. Python is 2.1. On 7/29/07, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 21:21 -0500, Tim Dotson wrote: > > I had an older version of Python (1.3 or 1.4 or something). I figured > > that was the problem, so I updated to 2.0 but am still getting the > > same error. > > > > Trying to install a higher version of Python on my system gives an > > error about libc.so.6 not being installed, even though it is. > > > > I believe this is RH 7.3. It's about 5 years old in any case. I'd > > like to use Yum to get the system up to date. > > > > What version of yum are you trying to use? > > Also the best way to upgrade a rh 7.3 box is to back it up and reinstall > it. It's a long haul from 7.3 to anything reasonably current and the > kernel changes alone will make it a very painful process. Seriously, > upgrading a 7.3 box would work something like this: > > 7.3-> centos3/rhel3/fc1 > centos3/rhel3/fc1 -> centos4/rhel4/fc3 > centos4/rhel4/fc3 -> centos5/rhel5/fc6 > fc6->Fedora7 > > a whole world of no-fun to do that. > > -sv > > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
