Hi,

I just updated my python to 2.7.6 and broke my yum link... It tried to follow different suggestion to solve this problem but nothing happen.

I have just used this tuto for updating my Python http://www.lecloud.net/post/61401763...-latest-pip-on.. but the following command lines
# yum still needs 2.6, so write it in and backup script
sudo cp /usr/bin/yum /usr/bin/_yum_before_27
sudo sed -i s/python/python2.6/g /usr/bin/yum
sudo sed -i s/python2.6/python2.6/g /usr/bin/yum

have resulted in a bad interpreter error message when using yym command.
$ yum
bash: /usr/bin/yum : /usr/bin/python2.62.62.6 : mauvais interpréteur: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
I don(t know how to change that!!

Any suggestion or help?
I am not a system administrator so I would need step by step help if this is possible

My system is Scientific Linux

Kind Regards
/ Lidilis

It means you ran the command multiple times. No problem.
With a text editor, change the first line of the file /usr/bin/yum from:

to

well dah ...

yum is DEPENDENT !!!! on the default version already installed
that version MUST stay installed

this is a known thing for many YEARS

you can NOT replace it !!!!

now you CAN install a second newer version in a side by side set up
AS PER EVERY AND ALL documentation for RHEL / CentOS / SL

--------------
you are in a pickle / mess

chances are that you ALSO busted " rpm "and the database
to check run
i am betting you get a error


if this is NOT a FULLY UP TO DATE!!! install you will have PROBLEMS!!!

UNINSTALL the version you installed !!!!!!! if possible ( you used pip )

manually ( in firefox) download the last update for python in the SL 6.6 repo

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux...ew/python.html

if rpm is by chance working
you might be able to have firefox install the rpm using rpm
or dl it
and do a FORCE!!! reinstall
if rpm is broken -- likely
use file-roller in gnome to extract the rpm
and as root copy/paste the files in the correct place

then pray

and reboot

then try yum

Hi,

Hi,

Nice answer John but not so constructive. Don't be so angry. I knew THAT!! It was the reason why I was following tuto from smart people that explains you how to do upgrade your python without loosing the default one. This was not anticipating that those tuto include errors in their command lines!!

So yum is functioning back on my server using those commands
## yum still needs 2.6, so write it in and backup script
sudo cp /usr/bin/yum /usr/bin/_yum_before_27
sed -i 's/python$/python2.6/g' /usr/bin/yum
sed -i 's/python2\.6[\.|0-9].*/python2.6/g' /usr/bin/yum
sed -i 's/python2\.[0-5|7-9].*/python2.6/g' /usr/bin/yum

Just in case someone has the same problem to solve.

Many thanks smallpond for your kind suggestion. This was another possiblity.

Have a nice day
Lidilis