subscription-manager, yum command failed with a python traceback error

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Issue

  • yum failed with the following error on RHEL 9.

    # yum repolist
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/bin/yum", line 61, in <module>
          from dnf.cli import main
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dnf'
    
  • subscription-manager failed with the following error on RHEL 9.

    # subscription-manager status
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 563, in from_name
          return next(cls.discover(name=name))
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      StopIteration
    
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
    
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 33, in <module>
          sys.exit(load_entry_point('subscription-manager==1.29.30', 'console_scripts', 'subscription-manager')())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 22, in importlib_load_entry_point
          for entry_point in distribution(dist_name).entry_points
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 981, in distribution
          return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 565, in from_name
          raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
      importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for subscription-manager
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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