yum...died

a thing · 04-11-2005, 05:24 PM

Code:

[root@localhost Desktop]# yum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ?
    import yummain
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ?
    import yum
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 33, in ?
    import groups
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/groups.py", line 3, in ?
    import comps
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ?
    import libxml2
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ?
    import libxml2mod
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so: undefined symbol: xmlNewDocPI

That happens whenever I run yum :/ I've tried removing yum, Googling the latest yum RPM (yum-2.1.11-3.noarch.rpm) and installing that but it didn't work

snecklifter · 04-11-2005, 07:26 PM

No worries dude, its just a python issue. Looks like you need to upgrade the libraries. If you've installed the latest yum from updates/testing then best get the latest python libraries as well. Dont force it though, just post back any errors if it wont install.
Cheers
Chris

a thing · 04-12-2005, 06:11 PM

I downloaded and installed Python 2.3.5 and 2.4.1 from http://python.org/ then ran yum again and the same thing happened

snecklifter · 04-12-2005, 06:26 PM

Try running
yum clean all
and then
yum update
Also see this thread:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg06080.html

EDIT: Also try to update your libxml and libxml-devel packages.
Cheers
Chris

a thing · 04-16-2005, 12:40 PM

Code:

[root@localhost notroot]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --force libxml2-devel-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:libxml2-devel          ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost notroot]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --force libxml2-python-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:libxml2-python         ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost notroot]# rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --force libxml2-2.6.16-3.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:libxml2                ########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost notroot]# yum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ?
    import yummain
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ?
    import yum
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 33, in ?
    import groups
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/groups.py", line 3, in ?
    import comps
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ?
    import libxml2
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ?
    import libxml2mod
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so: undefined symbol: xmlNewDocPI
[root@localhost notroot]#