Hello,

every time i try to use yum to install something ( in this case fluxbox but the same happens with any software ) i get several errors wich i dont udnerstand so i was hoping you guys could help me fix this.

the url's which yum is trying to access are not there... thats what its reporting...

change ur configuration file... to access the working mirrors....

I ran 'yum update' on RedHat 7.1, but it took too long and I killed it.
Now rpm won't run anymore, giving the error message:

rpm: error while loading shared libraries: librpm-4.2.so: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory

yum doesn't work either: 'yum update rpm' results in:

Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
import yummain
File "yummain.py", line 21, in ?
File "clientStuff.py", line 22, in ?
ImportError: librpm.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory

I also cannot login anymore on my KDE desktop (GNOME still functions).
How can I install rpm or yum without using rpm or yum?

Janneman.

to be honest i dont know how to do that and dont know working mirrors either, im not very experieneced with linux, can someone tell me what to do?

Janneman --> what do you mean by saying "but it took too long and I killed it." , was it not responding??? or u just killed it out of impatience ???.

Anyway .. i think by killing it u just didn't allow it to update all the req packages as a result u system has a lot of inconsistencies...

check this link out -->http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/RPM-...x-HOWTO-4.html

that should give u an idea .. try compiling the rpm from source....


DreamCatcher -->

"Fedora Core 2 - x86_64 - Base" r u using the 64 bit version ????????

what is ur microprocessor ???? amd 64 ??


check ur yum.conf file

#locate yum.conf

#cat path_to_yum.conf [to see whats in ur yum.conf]

the following will tell u more about yum.conf


http://linux.com.hk/PenguinWeb/manpa...&name=yum.conf

http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upg..._with_yum.html


just google to get the list of fedora/redhat mirrors............

I killed it out of impatience. Stupid, but I expected it to continue where it left, or maybe start all over again.
Where can I find the rpm-source files (rpm-x.tar.gz) for RedHat 7.1?

Janneman

i have no clue as to what version of rpm manager is used in redhat 7.1

u can find that out urself by googling a bit... or check the docs on ur companion cd's

browse this site to get the rpm[tar.gz]
------>ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/


http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...HL-7.1-Manual/
http://www.redhat.com/about/presscen..._sevenone.html