Yum "ImportError" in FC2

[Listman]

On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 07:29, CB wrote:
> CB wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Whenever I run Yum, I get the following:
> > 
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ?
> >     import yummain
> >   File "/usr/share/yum/yummain.py", line 31, in ?
> >     import yumcomps
> >   File "/usr/share/yum/yumcomps.py", line 4, in ?
> >     import comps
> >   File "/usr/share/yum/comps.py", line 5, in ?
> >     import libxml2
> >   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in ?
> >     import libxml2mod
> > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so: undefined 
> > symbol: xmlXIncludeProcessFlags
> > 
> > I also get the ImportError if I try to import libxml2 from the python 
> > console.
> > 
> > I've tried using rpm to uninstall and re-install the libxml2, 
> > libxml2-python, and yum rpms which I downloaded from my nearest fedora 
> > core 2 mirror, but still the same problem. rpm -q shows my libxml2 & 
> > libxml2-python to be versions as follows: libxml2-2.6.8-1 
> > libxml2-python-2.6.8-1.
> > 
> > It's possible that some manual flailing around with downloaded install 
> > scripts I did very late last night overwrote the libraries from the 
> > rpm's, but in that case wouldn't the libxml2 rpm un/re-installs have 
> > fixed the problem? Any ideas on how to go diagnosing from here?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > CB.
> > 
> > 
> 
> To anyone else who may have this problem, I managed to solve it by 
> searching for all instances of  libxml2.so throughout my file system. I 
> discovered several in usr/local/lib as well as usr/lib, and moved the 
> /usr/local/lib ones out of the way (assuming that the /usr/local/lib 
> ones were added by non-rpm means). That fixed yum (though it may break 
> something else).
> 
> Probably all obvious to most readers of this list.
> 
This is just one reason it is not a good idea to mix source and rpms. 

Ted