RE: Newer version on Yum wont install.

This fixed the problem, thank you.


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> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:16:06 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Yum] Newer version on Yum wont install.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 07:41:18PM -0400, Tanya Bastien wrote:
> > # rpm -Uvh http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/ 2.6/yum-2.6.1-1.src.rpm
> > Retrieving http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.6/yum-2.6.1-1.src.rpm
> > warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.o0zJ6O: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 69886c c7
> >    1:yum                    warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root
> [...]
> > I check to see if it is installed, and no, not there. 
> 
> This is one of the peculiarities of RPM. RPM source archives are unpacked
> with the same commands that would install a binary RPM -- but nothing is
> actually installed into the RPM database. The source files are just put in
> your RPM source area (which will differ depending on your distribution).
> 
> But basically the answer is: you want the binary ("noarch", in the
> case of yum) RPM, which you can either download or rebuild from the sources
> you just unpacked.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The version of Yum I had on was not compatable with the version of Python(2.5) that was installed during an update. So now I can't install Yum a newer version of yum.
> > 
> > Older version of yum will install, however they won't with python. 
> > 
> > What are the complete steps I should take to fix this?
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