yum not working on CentOS 6.5

r3sistance · 02-10-2017, 07:58 AM

There is an alternative to re-installing the OS, it is just that the alternative is liable to leave the system in a worse state and to be more difficult to achieve. Basically you'd now need to install all the necessary packages to install python, it is a process known as 'dependency hell' and is what yum is there to resolve but as we are doing this to try and repair yum... there in lays the problem. Also doing this may still leave the system in somewhat of an unclean state whereas re-installing should be clean.

John VV · 02-10-2017, 08:14 AM

you should have checked updates first
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.8/...6_64/Packages/
python-2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64.rpm is in there

praveenkv · 02-10-2017, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r3sistance

There is an alternative to re-installing the OS, it is just that the alternative is liable to leave the system in a worse state and to be more difficult to achieve. Basically you'd now need to install all the necessary packages to install python, it is a process known as 'dependency hell' and is what yum is there to resolve but as we are doing this to try and repair yum... there in lays the problem. Also doing this may still leave the system in somewhat of an unclean state whereas re-installing should be clean.

Then, I'll have to plan to re-install the OS.
Which version of CentOS is stable and you suggest?

praveenkv · 02-10-2017, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

you should have checked updates first
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.8/...6_64/Packages/
python-2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64.rpm is in there

Hi John,
I've installed them but no use.

John VV · 02-10-2017, 09:01 AM

then there might be a repo problem , like one of the old and nolonger used repos

can you please post the output of this
it tells us and you just WHAT software repos are installed and if they are used

Code:

su -
yum repolist all

and if that errors please post the error

then this

Code:

su -
rpm | grep python

praveenkv · 02-11-2017, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

then there might be a repo problem , like one of the old and nolonger used repos

can you please post the output of this
it tells us and you just WHAT software repos are installed and if they are used

Code:

su -
yum repolist all

and if that errors please post the error

then this

Code:

su -
rpm | grep python

# yum repolist all
-bash: /usr/bin/yum: /usr/bin/python2.6.6: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

# rpm | grep python
RPM version 4.8.0
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