ImportError: No module named history

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Issue

  • Attempting to use yum shows the following errors:
[root@host ~]# yum info yum
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 28, in ?
    import yummain
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 34, in ?
    import cli
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 33, in ?
    import output
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 46, in ?
    import yum.history
ImportError: No module named history

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9

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