[SOLVED] yum command error

[altarek]

Hello
i have centos 5.3 and when using yum command have this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 28, in ?
import yummain
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 31, in ?
from yum.i18n import to_unicode
ImportError: cannot import name to_unicode

How can i remove yum?
or how i can solve this error


thanks

[grishi_111]

i am not sure about your problem.
but you can remove yum by
you can find yum version installed by

rpm -qa|grep yum

then remove yum by

rpm -e yum.XXXXX.rpm

ofcourse you may need to install it again
do it in this way
download yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm
yum clean all
yum check-update

let us know how it goes.

[altarek]

i removed yum

but command rpm -Uvh yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm can't install it

how can i install yum?


thanks

[reed9]

yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm is being used here as a generic placeholder. You need to download the appropriate package for CentOS 5.3 and use that package name instead.

You can find the correct yum package here.
RPM Search

Or if you can tell me whether you have a 64 bit or 32 bit version of CentOS, I can point you to the right link.

[grishi_111]

i removed yum

but command rpm -Uvh yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm can't install it

how can i install yum?


thanks

i am sorry.
as reed9 said i used yum-XXXXX.noarch.rpm just for illustration because i didn't know the versions available for you.
you need to find and download available rpm.
thanks reed9 for correcting me.

[altarek]

Thanks i install yum but when using to install any thing give me this message


Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
* base: mirror.raystedman.net
* extras: styx.biochem.wfubmc.edu
* update: mirror.5ninesolutions.com
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
Nothing to do

[grishi_111]

yum seems to be installed correctly and working.
probably you are not using correct package name.
you can have gui extension to yum.
use this command to install yumex.

yum install yumex

you can then found yumex in System Tools.
there you can choose packages you want to install.
if this doesn't work please wait someone else to answer.
it seems some problem with repo files.