On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 07:29, CB wrote: > CB wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Whenever I run Yum, I get the following: > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ? > > import yummain > > File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 31, in ? > > import yumcomps > > File "/usr/share/yum/yumcomps.py", line 4, in ? > > import comps > > File "/usr/share/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ? > > import libxml2 > > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ? > > import libxml2mod > > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so: undefined > > symbol: xmlXIncludeProcessFlags > > > > I also get the ImportError if I try to import libxml2 from the python > > console. > > > > I've tried using rpm to uninstall and re-install the libxml2, > > libxml2-python, and yum rpms which I downloaded from my nearest fedora > > core 2 mirror, but still the same problem. rpm -q shows my libxml2 & > > libxml2-python to be versions as follows: libxml2-2.6.8-1 > > libxml2-python-2.6.8-1. > > > > It's possible that some manual flailing around with downloaded install > > scripts I did very late last night overwrote the libraries from the > > rpm's, but in that case wouldn't the libxml2 rpm un/re-installs have > > fixed the problem? Any ideas on how to go diagnosing from here? > > > > Cheers, > > > > CB. > > > > > > To anyone else who may have this problem, I managed to solve it by > searching for all instances of libxml2.so throughout my file system. I > discovered several in usr/local/lib as well as usr/lib, and moved the > /usr/local/lib ones out of the way (assuming that the /usr/local/lib > ones were added by non-rpm means). That fixed yum (though it may break > something else). > > Probably all obvious to most readers of this list. > This is just one reason it is not a good idea to mix source and rpms. Ted
