Unable to run Yum in Edgy

[noisymime]

I've just performed a fresh Edgy install and apt-get install yum.

When I run yum however, I get the message:
"There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

   No module named urlgrabber"

If I then change /usr/bin/python to point to /usr/bin/python2.5 (rather than 2.4) I get the following when running yum:
"There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

   No module named cElementTree"

Both the python-urlgrabber and python-celementtree are installed and at the newest version.

As this is a fresh install (Installing yum was the first thing I did after it completed) I believe this is a bug with the yum package rather than a configuration issue on my PC. I have also tried this install on another Edgy install and received the same error.

[noisymime (josh-noisymime)]

This appears to be related to Bug #71210 which deals with Edgy binary package not providing urlgrabber support for Python 2.4

[Jon Topper (jon-topper)]

I've been able to work around this problem by adding /usr/share/python-support/python-urlgrabber to my PYTHONPATH before running yum, though presumably there's a better fix to be had.

[kgoeser (kevin-kevin-online)]

I get the "No module named cElementTree" in gutsy, too. Setting the PYTHONPATH does not help, the package "urlgrabber" (suggested to be rebuild in Bug #71210 ) does not exist in gutsy.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

I can confirm this on hardy

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

What's the status on this report?

[sadfub (sadfub)]

This bug is still unfixed in Hardy (8.04):

me@host:~$aptitude install yum
[...]
me@host:~$ yum
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

   No module named cElementTree

Please install a package which provides this module, or
verify that the module is installed correctly.

It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
current version of Python, which is:
2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please send this
message to <email address hidden>.

but ATM I tested on Intrepid Ibex Alpha 5, and it seems to be ok... have a look:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install yum
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libbeecrypt6{a} librpm4.4{a} python-celementtree{a} python-elementtree{a}
  python-pyme{a} python-rpm{a} python-sqlite{a} python-sqlitecachec{a}
  python-urlgrabber{a} rpm{a} yum
0 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 372 not upgraded.
Need to get 2919kB of archives. After unpacking 11.9MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main libbeecrypt6 4.1.2-7 [103kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main librpm4.4 4.4.2.3-1ubuntu1 [977kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe python-elementtree 1.2.6-12 [27.4kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe python-celementtree 1.0.5-10 [21.9kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe python-pyme 0.8.0-2 [225kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe python-sqlite 1.0.1-7 [35.4kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main python-urlgrabber 3.1.0-4 [56.6kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main rpm 4.4.2.3-1ubuntu1 [638kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main python-rpm 4.4.2.3-1ubuntu1 [429kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe python-sqlitecachec 1.1.2-1 [37.9kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe yum 3.2.12-1.2 [367kB]
Fetched 2919kB in 1s (2486kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libbeecrypt6.
(Reading database ... 101177 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libbeecrypt6 (from .../libbeecrypt6_4.1.2-7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package librpm4.4.
Unpacking librpm4.4 (from .../librpm4.4_4.4.2.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-elementtree.
Unpacking python-elementtree (from .../python-elementtree_1.2.6-12_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-celementtree.
Unpacking python-celementtree (from .../python-celementtree_1.0.5-10_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-pyme.
Unpacking python-pyme (from .../python-pyme_0.8.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-sqlite.
Unpacking python-sqlite (from .../python-sqlite_1.0.1-7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-urlgrabber.
Unpa...

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

Fixed in >= intrepid, so closing the dev task

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".