Re: problems with yum on fc5

I solved the problem by installing python.

python-2.4.3-9.FC5.i386.rpm


On Apr 13, 2007, at 12:07 AM, Brian Kidd wrote:

> I'm running fedora core 5 x86_64. The system was stable, but I  
> hadn't done an update for a while so I decided to run an update and  
> my system crashed about midway through the upgrade. Unfortunately,  
> now I'm having major problems with yum not working at all. For  
> example, when I type yum, I get:
>
> There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
> required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
>
>    dynamic module does not define init function (inittime)
>
> Please install a package which provides this module, or
> verify that the module is installed correctly.
>
> It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
> current version of Python, which is:
> 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)
> [GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)]
>
> If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to
> the yum faq at:
>   http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
>
> I've checked python and it's definitely a problem with importing  
> the time module
>
> python
> >>> import yum
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 26,  
> in ?
>     import time
> ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (inittime)
>
> I've also performed: rpmbuild --rebuild yum-2.6.1-0.fc5.src.rpm
>
> I have the following versions of rpm, yum, and python currently on  
> my machine.
> RPM version 4.4.2
> yum-2.6.1-0.fc5
> python 2.4.3
>
> I've looked around the web, but none of the other suggestions  
> helped. Has anyone else had this problem and solved it?
>
> Thanks,
> -Brian
>