Yum fails with ImportError: cannot import name _

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Issue

  • Running yum update fails with the following traceback:
# yum update
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 28, in ?
    import yummain
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/

", line 28, in ?
    from yum import plugins
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/

", line 38, in ?
    from yum import _
ImportError: cannot import name _

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x

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