rpm and yum not working,am totally messed up !!!!

divyashree · 07-17-2009, 06:22 AM

I tried to install unrar which required glibc-2.5-34,but in my system 2.5-12 was installed.I tried to update the package ,but can't.So I thought to remove glibc manually with --nodeps option and install the newer. Version 2.5.12 removed now with some backup files saved.But when I try to install the newer version rpm not working and a no of commands also not working.I tried to install them from dvd but cant.

What will I do now ,am gone mad!!!

Sometimes it's saying

/bin/sh-bad interpreter
/bin/python-bad interpreter

zQUEz · 07-17-2009, 06:34 AM

What Linux distro are you using?
Are/were you using YUM to keep your system up-to-date or is it out of date package wise?
it sounds like you are using YUM, so what happens/errors when you try the following:
#> yum clean all
#> yum install glibc

or

#> yum reinstall glibc

divyashree · 07-17-2009, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zQUEz

What Linux distro are you using?
Are/were you using YUM to keep your system up-to-date or is it out of date package wise?
it sounds like you are using YUM, so what happens/errors when you try the following:
#> yum clean all
#> yum install glibc

or

#> yum reinstall glibc

I forgot to say yum is also not working,I use RHEL5..

unSpawn · 07-17-2009, 07:23 AM

What you've found is that next to the kernel the OS can't function without glibc. If an application asks for another glibc version you don't install another glibc to satisfy dependencies but instead you find a version of the application suited for your machine. If the machine is inoperable (you didn't tell if it is local or in colocation) use any other machine, boot a Live CD (with rpm on it), locate the glibc package for your system (not old, not new but current) and run 'mkdir /tmp/glibc && cd /tmp/glibc && rpm2cpio /path/to/glibc.rightversion.rpm | cpio -idmv' and then copy the resultant files to the machine. Before you copy over the files clean out all the files belonging to the previous package. A listing you can get if you have/download that rpm and run 'rpm -qpl /path/to/glibc.wrongversion.rpm' on it.

divyashree · 07-17-2009, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unSpawn

What you've found is that next to the kernel the OS can't function without glibc. If an application asks for another glibc version you don't install another glibc to satisfy dependencies but instead you find a version of the application suited for your machine. If the machine is inoperable (you didn't tell if it is local or in colocation) use any other machine, boot a Live CD (with rpm on it), locate the glibc package for your system (not old, not new but current) and run 'mkdir /tmp/glibc && cd /tmp/glibc && rpm2cpio /path/to/glibc.rightversion.rpm | cpio -idmv' and then copy the resultant files to the machine. Before you copy over the files clean out all the files belonging to the previous package. A listing you can get if you have/download that rpm and run 'rpm -qpl /path/to/glibc.wrongversion.rpm' on it.

Sorry bro,before 45 minutes my network also disabled automatically and I couldn't fix that to access ur advice,Now am freshly installed RHEL5.
And thanks a lot for ur info. I'll test ur points creating such situation on my vmware guest RHEL5 n will inform u...

unSpawn · 07-17-2009, 10:10 AM

Thanks for responding. No need to go through all that trouble I think. But you should read some Red Hat admin docs. That'll help.