cheers Todd, for the help. I've got quite a few astronomy programs installed, some of which i received help in building, and so i'm hoping to pursue it a little more. I installed python in the default diretory. I didn't use the --prefix option in the compilation. Here's what I get when I try to run rpm with --verify [root@localhost ~]# rpm --verify rpm-python [root@localhost ~]# rpm --verify yum [root@localhost ~]# rpm --verify python ....L... /usr/bin/python missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/Para.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/Para.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/Para.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/addpack.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/addpack.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/addpack.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmp.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmp.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmp.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmpcache.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmpcache.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/cmpcache.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/codehack.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/codehack.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/codehack.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dircmp.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dircmp.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dircmp.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dump.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dump.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/dump.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/find.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/find.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/find.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/fmt.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/fmt.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/fmt.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/grep.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/grep.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/grep.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/lockfile.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/lockfile.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/lockfile.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/newdir.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/newdir.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/newdir.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/ni.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/ni.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/ni.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/packmail.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/packmail.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/packmail.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/poly.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/poly.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/poly.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/rand.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/rand.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/rand.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/tb.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/tb.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/tb.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/util.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/util.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/util.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/whatsound.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/whatsound.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/whatsound.pyo missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/zmod.py missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/zmod.pyc missing /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-old/zmod.pyo [root@localhost Python-2.5]# rpm --verify rpm prelink: /bin/rpm: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /bin/rpm prelink: /usr/bin/rpm2cpio: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/rpm2cpio prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmd: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmd prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_archive: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_archive prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_checkpoint: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_checkpoint prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_deadlock: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_deadlock prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_printlog: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_printlog prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_recover: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_recover prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_svc: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_svc prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_upgrade: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_upgrade prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmfile: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmfile prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmi: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmi prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmk: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmk prelink: /usr/lib/rpm/rpmq: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/lib/rpm/rpmq Any ideas as to what I could try ...? - Seb On 1/30/07, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
seba bino wrote: > thanks, but this didn't solve it and yum is still broken. Yum now appears to be broken in a different way than before. It was missing the rpm module last time, now it's missing the yum module. That's most likely due to the install of python 2.5. > [root@localhost rpm]# rpm -Uvh rpm-python-4.4.2-32.i386.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > package rpm-python-4.4.2-32 is already installed > > rpm-python*, not python-rpm* appears to be already installed. Yes, there is no python-rpm package AFAIK. The python rpm module is in the rpm-python package. You can check if it is installed properly using rpm --verify (-V for short): $ rpm --verify rpm-python If it returns cleanly and with no output, then all is alright with that package and you can turn your attention to something else as the problem. You might want to check out the python and yum packages with rpm --verify also. > I have re-built Python2.5 from tar source but I get "No module named > yum." There are many parts of the system that require python (such as yum) and updating python to a new major version isn't something you want to embark on unless you're prepared to do a lot of debugging and rebuilding of other parts of the system. > Any ideas would be much appreciated .... I would suggest trying to backtrack and get your system to the state it was in prior to the python 2.5 update. Did you install that in /usr/local or did you overwrite the system python installation in /usr? Is there anything critical on this system or are you just using it to play? If the latter, a re-install will likely be quicker if you're not very familiar with rpm and Fedora. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. -- Michael W. Smith -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list