yum/python issues...

[Raghu Vadapalli]

[root at ramanujan root]# python -V
Python 2.2.3
[root at ramanujan root]#

Looks like I still have 2.2 on m/c but still the same problem ever after
setting the PYTHONPATH to /usr/lib/python-2.2/site-packages.

Raghu.
On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 13:25, Gerrit wrote:
> Scott Fones wrote:
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 29, in ?
> >    from up2date_client import up2date
> >  File "up2date.py", line 36, in ?
> >  File "depSolver.py", line 4, in ?
> >  File "packageList.py", line 17, in ?
> >  File "up2dateComps.py", line 7, in ?
> >  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rhpl/comps.py", line 5, in ?
> >    import libxml2
> > ImportError: No module named libxml2
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I've had the same problem. You have installed Python 2.3, and up2date is
> being run using Python 2.3. However, libxml2 is installed for Python
> 2.2. Most probably, /usr/bin/python or /usr/local/bin/python links to
> Python 2.3, not Python 2.2. Try to link this one to Python 2.2 instead
> of Python 2.3.
> 
> This problem is caused by the fact that Fedora Core 1 uses Python2.2,
> while many other applications use Python2.3. Libraries in Python are
> installed for a specific version. Most Python apps run /usr/bin/python,
> so that they often just run the 'latest'. If the libraries are installed
> for an older version, they can't be found. There are multiple solutions
> possible for this problem:
> 
> - Include Python2.2/site-packages in your PYTHONPATH (see 'man python')
> - Re-install libxml2 for Python 2.3 (painful because of RPM dependencies)
> - Link /usr/bin/python to python2.2 as opposed to Python 2.3 (I advice this one)
> - Let Fedora use Python2.3 everywhere - this is done in Fedora 2, so the
>   whole problem doesn't arise anymore.
> 
> Gerrit.
> 
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