If your machine has Python 3 installed (or upgraded to Python3), then running yum will fail with below error
[sbetha@host:pwd]$ yum
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30
except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30
except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
This is because, yum doesnt support Python 3 at the moment.
Check which all versions of Python are installed on your machine
Check which all versions of Python are installed on your machine
$ ls -lrt /usr/bin/python*
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1418 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python2.6-config
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python266
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python2.6
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 6 Apr 22 2015 /usr/bin/python2 -> python
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Apr 22 2015 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2.6-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Aug 26 00:18 /usr/bin/python2.7 -> /root/py27/bin/python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 31 22:59 /usr/bin/python -> /scratch/sbetha/python_3.4.6/bin/python3
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1418 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python2.6-config
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python266
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jan 22 2014 /usr/bin/python2.6
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 6 Apr 22 2015 /usr/bin/python2 -> python
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Apr 22 2015 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2.6-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Aug 26 00:18 /usr/bin/python2.7 -> /root/py27/bin/python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 31 22:59 /usr/bin/python -> /scratch/sbetha/python_3.4.6/bin/python3
Edit /usr/bin/yum to include on line1 as
$ cat /usr/bin/yum
#!/usr/bin/python2.6
#!/usr/bin/python2.6
Now yum will work as normal since it uses Python 2.6
$ yum --version
3.2.29
Installed: rpm-4.8.0-37.el6.x86_64 at 2015-04-22 15:54
Built : None at 2013-10-14 13:39
Committed: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> at 2013-09-12
Installed: yum-3.2.29-60.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 15:54
Built : None at 2014-08-25 14:22
Committed: Jacob Wang <jacob.wang@oracle.com> at 2014-08-21
Installed: yum-plugin-aliases-1.1.30-30.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 16:11
Built : None at 2014-10-15 23:40
Committed: Curt Carter <curt.carter@oracle.com> at 2014-10-14
Installed: yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-30.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 18:24
Built : None at 2014-10-15 23:40
Committed: Curt Carter <curt.carter@oracle.com> at 2014-10-14
3.2.29
Installed: rpm-4.8.0-37.el6.x86_64 at 2015-04-22 15:54
Built : None at 2013-10-14 13:39
Committed: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> at 2013-09-12
Installed: yum-3.2.29-60.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 15:54
Built : None at 2014-08-25 14:22
Committed: Jacob Wang <jacob.wang@oracle.com> at 2014-08-21
Installed: yum-plugin-aliases-1.1.30-30.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 16:11
Built : None at 2014-10-15 23:40
Committed: Curt Carter <curt.carter@oracle.com> at 2014-10-14
Installed: yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-30.0.1.el6.noarch at 2015-04-22 18:24
Built : None at 2014-10-15 23:40
Committed: Curt Carter <curt.carter@oracle.com> at 2014-10-14
babi
ReplyDelete> Just Update #!/usr/bin/python to #!/usr/bin/python2.7
ReplyDelete#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import sys
try:
import yum
except ImportError:
print >> sys.stderr, """\
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
%s
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:
%s
If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to
the yum faq at:
http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq
""" % (sys.exc_value, sys.version)
sys.exit(1)
sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/share/yum-cli')
try:
import yummain
yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
print >> sys.stderr, "\n\nExiting on user cancel."
sys.exit(1)