# yum update
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

No module named rpm

Please install a package which provides this module, or
verify that the module is installed correctly.

It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
current version of Python, which is:
2.4.3 (#1, Oct 1 2006, 18:00:19)
[GCC 4.1.1 20060928 (Red Hat 4.1.1-28)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to
the yum faq at:
http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq



Please help!

Hi there

I had a similar problem

Here is the link to my similar posting but below is what worked in the end for me

Hope it helps

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=497831

Hi there

Finally got it all working. I installed yum using

rpm -Uvh yum-2.6.1-0.fc5.noarch.rpm

Started yum and it got a little further but complained about missing something called elementtree. I queried it rpm -q elementtree, and it was installed but from a few messages on the net I found out the following and I ended up removing

rpm -e pirut
rpm -e yumex
rpm -e yum
rpm -e python-urlgrabber
rpm -e python-sqlite
rpm -e python-elementtree

I then rebooted. Ah still got those bad window habits.

Downloaded the latest of the above (except pirut and yumex) and installed

rpm -Uvh python-elementtree
rpm -Uvh python-sqlite
rpm -Uvh python-urlgrabber
rpm -Uvh yum

Ya yum working again

Thanks for all the help

Cheers