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

Wed Apr 22 18:57:36 UTC 2009
Michael Holmes <holmesmich at googlemail.com>

2009/4/22 Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Dan Roberts <dan at jlazyh.com> wrote:
>> I will start reading again and striving to improve things.  I have
>> previously taken steps to secure the server, and was under the
>> impression that it was so.
>
> I hope so. If not, you have a tiger by the tail.
>>
>> 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
>
> <http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s2-sysconfig-i18n.html>
>
> Have you tried yum install i18n  ?
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That wouldn't work because yum is broken?

Just my two cents.