Re: help with yum

Zachary Napora wrote:

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:08:58 -0800 (PST), ciaron@xxxxxxxxxx
<ciaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm a computer illiterate linux newbie, i just upgraded from FC2 to 3, and
now I can't get yum to work. here's the error i get:

File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ?
import yummain
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 25, in ?
import cli
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 39, in ?
from yum import pgpmsg
ImportError: cannot import name pgpmsg

if anyone can tell me what's wrong/how to fix it (in basic steps) i'd
appreciate it!

thanks

Ciaron

Hi, perhaps your update didn't go so well. Did you mix repositories at all? Read this: http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11937&forum=12
Then send a reply.

Zachary:

I can only give you some good pointers in troubleshooting, that should let you clear this up. But first, a couple of pointers: It is a good idea to give some more information about errors. In your case, the version of yum you are using (in a terminal enter rpm -q yum which will give you the complete package name. Also what can be critical just after installing a new version is whether you did a clean install (i.e. deleting old files, except for home directory) or update. I assume you did the latter. On to the fun!:

Let me introduce to you the strace command
from the terminal enter :

strace yum update

will provide a step-by step of processes while yum is executing. When the program stops look for lines that give an error (often enoent:missing file xxx.xxx..xxx) This will usually point you to the problem, though you may need to figure out what package will provide the missing file.

Just out of curiosity, you didn't install the brand-new FC4 test 1 did you? Anyway, you should check to see if up2date can be used instead of yum, at least until you get yum fixed up.

Good luck!

Scott