LinuxQuestions.org - Python YUM Module not found

Good day to all!

I have CentOS 5.3 with python 2.4.3 installed by default.
Yum is working properly.

I want to use python 2.5.4. I downloaded the package
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5...-2.5.4.tar.bz2

and extract it to /opt and install it using the following commands:

# ./configure && make && make install

After installing python, i type # python -V to show the version

# python -V
Python 2.4.3

What I did is move the current python in /usr/bin/

# mv -v /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pyton243

And link it to the new one

# ln -s /usr/local/bin/python /usr/bin/python

And check the version again.

# python -V
Python 2.5.4

However, this is my problem. The YUM is no longer working.

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

No module named yum

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:
2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jul 16 2009, 03:14:54)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)]

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

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I even tried to change the path located in line 1 of a yum file to the new python path. But no luck still. Any advise how do I install yum module in python or any work around for this one? Many thanks in advance.

# vi /usr/bin/yum
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#!/usr/local/bin/python
import sys
try:
import yum
except ImportError:
print >> sys.stderr, """\
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

%s

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:
%s

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

""" % (sys.exc_value, sys.version)
sys.exit(1)

sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/share/yum-cli')
try:
import yummain
yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
print >> sys.stderr, "\n\nExiting on user cancel."
sys.exit(1)
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