Re: [CentOS] Yum update corrupted something badly - can only get access through SSH terminal or Webmin

Dan Roberts wrote:

that aside - I can't run the command you suggest because any yum operation results in the same error message.

# yum clean all && yum update glibc* && yum update Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 28, in ? import yummain File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 29, in ? import cli File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 30, in ? import output File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 26, in ? from i18n import _ ImportError: No module named i18n

I think this is your immediate problem. Do you have a /usr/share/yum-cli/i18n.py file?