[CentOS] yum install perl-XML-Parser

[Les Mikesell]

On 6/17/2010 1:28 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
> When I do the following:          yum install perl-XML-Parser
>
> I get all these errors.
>
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>   * addons: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com
>   * base: centos.cs.wisc.edu
>   * extras: mirror.trouble-free.net
>   * updates: mirrors.serveraxis.net
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
>      yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
>      errcode = main(args)
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
>      result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
>    File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 345, in doCommands
>      self._getTs(needTsRemove)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 101, in
> _getTs
>      self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 112, in
> _getTsInfo
>      pkgSack = self.pkgSack
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 661, in
> <lambda>
>      pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 501, in
> _getSacks
>      self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in
> populateSack
>      sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 190, in
> populate
>      dobj = repo_cache_function(xml, csum)
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py", line 42, in
> getPrimary
>      self.repoid))
> TypeError: Parsing primary.xml error: Start tag expected, '<' not found
>
>
> I tried yum clean all and tried again. same thing.
>
> What do I do?

Did you ever fix the problem you had earlier with libxml2?  If you 
haven't, it's going to affect everything you try to do with yum.

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   Les Mikesell
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