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Old 02-21-2008, 08:14 AM   #1
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yum error: no module named rpm


I upgraded from fedora 6 to fedora 7. Now, add /remove software doesn't respond. There are no errors. I tried yum from command line with this response:

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:
2.5 (r25:51908, Apr 10 2007, 10:29:13)
[GCC 4.1.2 20070403 (Red Hat 4.1.2-8)]

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

I then found an rpm for yum that should be suitable:
yum-3.2.0-1.fc7.src.rpm

I then issued command:
rpmbuild --rebuild yum*.src.rpm

This seems to work. At least there were no error messages at the conclusion.

I just tried Add/Remove Programs icon again and again, "Starting Add/Remove" appears but then it closes without any indication.

I looked in /etc/yum.repos.d per a hit on LQ. Here is what I found:
fedora-development.repo fedora-updates.repo
fedora.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo

Should I move / delete any of the above in repos.d or should I take the message about gcc 4.1.2 seriously? the YUMFAQ seems to think this is *not* a valid message, but a little background may be in order:

This whole fiasco started when I tried to install PDFTK. PDFTK had a prereq for a different gcj which, in turn, needed a different gcc. I installed the gcc 4.1.2 on f6. Since PDFTK still didn't work, I decided to install f7 because another forum member suggested it and f7 had a readily available rpm for PDFTK that others seemed to have success. Did my installation of gcc4.1.2 cause a problem for f7's python?
How would I fix that?

Last edited by catbird; 02-21-2008 at 08:17 AM.
 
Old 02-21-2008, 08:47 AM   #2
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Yum has some requirements. From `rpm -qR yum` see if you've got the following packages installed:
python-elementtree
python-sqlite
rpm-python
urlgrabber
yum-metadata-parser

I didn't say you should upgrade to F7.
I said "Please upgrade to F7 and *then* F8".
 
Old 02-21-2008, 09:11 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unSpawn View Post
Yum has some requirements. From `rpm -qR yum` see if you've got the following packages installed:
python-elementtree
python-sqlite
rpm-python
urlgrabber
yum-metadata-parser

I didn't say you should upgrade to F7.
I said "Please upgrade to F7 and *then* F8".
I agree with being current on software.
 
Old 02-21-2008, 09:15 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by unSpawn View Post
Yum has some requirements. From `rpm -qR yum` see if you've got the following packages installed:
python-elementtree
python-sqlite
rpm-python
urlgrabber
yum-metadata-parser

I didn't say you should upgrade to F7.
I said "Please upgrade to F7 and *then* F8".
rpm -qR yum shows:

/usr/bin/python
config(yum) = 3.2.0-1.fc7
python >= 2.4
python(abi) = 2.5
python-sqlite
rpm >= 0:4.4.2
rpm-python
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
urlgrabber
yum-metadata-parser >= 1.1.0
 
Old 02-21-2008, 09:55 AM   #5
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You should 'rpm -q python-elementtree python-sqlite rpm-python urlgrabber yum-metadata-parser' and it should not return "package whatever is not installed".
 
  


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