Re: FC7 - How to install yum from scratch

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:59:28 +0000, Bill Gee typed this message:

How do I install yum from scratch on an FC7 system? It's a long and
sordid story ... Short version: I managed to corrupt my yum.repos.d
directory beyond repair. I thought I could remove and reinstall yum to
get it back. No such luck ... yum will not install from the .rpm files
on the FC7 DVD.

I did a "--nodeps" on rpm to force the install. When starting yum it
says that module yum is not present.

The yum wiki is worse than useless, and the updates directories for
various FC7 mirrors do not contain any usable rpm file.

What errors are you getting on your rpm -Uhv yum* install of yum?

if you haven't run it for a while run updatedb, then do a locate yum |
less or locate yum > yum.txt to see if it's still around.

Try the rpm -qa | grep yum for installed packages and remove them.

Then for the rpm -Uhv yum* note all of the missing dependencies and
install those dependent packages.
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