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RHEL 4 and YUM installation

Hi all
Im trying to install yum on the newly installed RHEL 4.. but it doesn't work
wget
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm
yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm

Code:

rpm -ivh *.rpm

[root@localhost]# yum

Code:

There was a problem importing one of the Python modules

required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:



  /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cElementTree.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory



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:

2.3.4 (#1, Feb 18 2008, 17:16:53)

[GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)]



If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to

the yum faq at:

  http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq

in python

[root@localhost]# python

Quote:

Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb 18 2008, 17:16:53)

[GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Quote:

>>> import yum
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "__init__.py", line 35, in ?
File "groups.py", line 3, in ?
File "comps.py", line 4, in ?
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cElementTree.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You really should ask a question. Otherwise we have to guess what you want.

You are hoping to install yum to RHEL (which is not designed for it last I looked, so I'd expect trouble). If you want to use yum, I'd strongly urge you use CentOS (RHEL - only Free). If you want non-commercial support it would eem logical to use a non-commercial distro, otherwise ... what's wrong with up2date?

You get a "No such file or directory" error.
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cElementTree.so
... does this file exist?

nothing is wrong with up2date, i actually went with up2date after yum installation troubles

so i am running up2date right now.

no the file doesn't exist at /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cElementTree.so

Well then - I don't understand your problem.

i had that problem when, in a 64 bit rhel4 installation, i installed the i386 packages
needed by yum.