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

Wed Apr 22 19:04:43 UTC 2009
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

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?

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   Les Mikesell
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