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Reinstalling Python

I managed to create an issue with Python by using yum (multiple installs) and I want to fully reinstall Python.

Yum used to work just fine, but now the issue is this:

Quote:

[root@server23 Imaging-1.1.7]# yum
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:
2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 9 2010, 15:16:58)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)]

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

Also this error when trying to compile python-imaging:

Quote:

_imaging.c:75:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory

Here is the Python stuff I have:

Quote:

[root@server23 Imaging-1.1.7]# whereis python
python: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/lib/python2.6 /usr/lib/python2.4 /usr/local/bin/python2.6-config /usr/local/bin/python2.6 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/lib/python2.6 /usr/include/python2.6 /usr/include/python2.4 /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz

How should I go about removing everything for Python and reinstalling Python 2.6 normally?

Fall back to manually downloading the rpm files and installing (nee removing) them using the rpm command. It works independently of yum.

I'm using CentOS 5, but I don't remember finding any rpms before when I was looking for them (so I ended up using yum). I'll look again.

Okay, hoping someone can help with this.

I found these RPMs: http://www.geekymedia.com/uncategori...n-2-5-and-2-6/

Installed just fine. Then a module I was going to use wasn't working with this error: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2

Looking into it, I found this: http://effbot.org/pyfaq/when-importi...nicodeucs2.htm

I did that test and it resulted in UCS4. So the RPMs were UCS4? I need UCS2 so the modules work.

Thoughts?