I have same trouble... I tried editing #!/usr/bin/python -> #!/usr/bin/python2.4 in /usr/bin/yum and yum-arch executables but it doesn't work because launching yum I get this: ~$ yum rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian. error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 27, in ? yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 75, in main base.getOptionsConfig(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 170, in getOptionsConfig self.doConfigSetup(fn=opts.conffile, root=root) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/yum/__init__.py", line 82, in doConfigSetup self.conf = config.yumconf(configfile=fn, root=root) File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/yum/config.py", line 271, in __init__ self.yumvar['releasever'] = self._getsysver() File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/yum/config.py", line 383, in _getsysver idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', self.getConfigOption('distroverpkg')) TypeError: rpmdb open failed
what is this now? -- yum seems to depend on python2.4, but agrees with python2.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238013 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs