Hi Filipe - Clearly I have indeed got things broken - # rpm -q yum package yum is not installed So I downloaded the rpm for a reinstall as you suggested - but clearly I have more to get and install - I downloaded to my home directory and ran the rpm -Uvh from there # rpm -Uvh --force yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch.rpm error: Failed dependencies: rpm >= 0:4.4.2 is needed by yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch rpm-python is needed by yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch yum-fastestmirror is needed by yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch Either I am running this in the wrong location, or there is a lot of other stuff out of whack. On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 15:17, Dan Roberts <dan at jlazyh.com> wrote: >> As to the question below - I have that directory, but not that file. > > yum-3.2.8-9.el5.centos.2.1 (from CentOS 5.2) has /usr/share/yum-cli/ > i18n.py > > yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos (from CentOS 5.3) no longer has that file. > > Probably you broke your update in the middle so you got things in an > inconsistent state. > > Try this command to see which yum you have installed: > # rpm -q yum > > And then you can verify if the package's integrity is compromised > with: > # rpm -V yum > > I believe to solve your problem you will have to reinstall the RPM for > "yum" manually. > > To do that, download this RPM: > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch.rpm > > And then run: > # rpm -Uvh --force yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch.rpm > > After that is done, your yum should start working again. > > If it does not, report any issues you have, together with the output > of "rpm -q yum" and "rpm -V yum" after reinstalling the package. > > HTH, > Filipe > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos