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Asked: 2026-06-06T15:11:59+00:00

I’m new to Linux/CentOS and I’m not having the most fun using it. I

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I’m new to Linux/CentOS and I’m not having the most fun using it. I was developing something locally on my Mac using python 2.7 when I ran it on the server I ran into issues which I put down to being the outdated version of Python (2.4.3) I then updated it, which wasn’t a very good idea. I built it from source and then ran into issues, Yum and other modules disappeared.

I’m not back using Python 2.4.3 but I still don’t have Yum back.

[root@issues ~]# yum Could not find platform independent libraries
Could not find platform dependent libraries
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to [:]

‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback There was a problem importing one of the
Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem
was:

No module named yum

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:
2.4.3 (#1, Jun 18 2012, 08:55:31) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to the yum faq
at: http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq

Searching loads of forums everyone says that it’s because of a different version of Python, this is no longer the case for me, I think it’s something to do with Yum being mapped to a different directory.

I found this command somewhere else and ran this:

[root@issues ~]# rpm -V python

missing /usr/bin/python2

missing /usr/bin/python2.4

Does anyone know what to do or where to go for help? I really need to get this fixed as soon as possible!

Thanks

Actually just to add, If I run python I get this output.

[root@issues ~]# python

Could not find platform independent libraries

Could not find platform dependent libraries

Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to [:]

‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 18 2012, 08:55:31)

[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)] on linux2

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes on Linux systems, it is not a good idea to upgrade default python which is 2.4.x version and Linux package management and many other tools require it to function correctly. It is always better to install other python versions separately and use it directly (like: /usr/bin/python2.7)

    Python executable itself is not working correctly as it is not able to load default module ‘site’ during start-up.

    The python installation is broken.

    Since you can not use “Yum” or “RPM” to bootstrap your packages, I suggest that you use your “OS” installation CD or ISO image to install the rpm/yum packages directly. It will fix the python installation as dependency.

    I had gone through this issue and after various trial, this was only way I could fix it.

    [Edit:]

    See: Python 2.x multiple version issues regarding PYTHONPATH

    Also the error is that it is not able to find the package directory.

    Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]

    See the paths that I have. Check out the path of packages and can you set “PYTHONHOME“. 

    # installing zipimport hook
import zipimport # builtin
# installed zipimport hook
# /usr/lib64/python2.4/site.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.4/site.py
import site # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.4/site.pyc
# /usr/lib64/python2.4/os.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.4/os.py
import os # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.4/os.pyc

    If you are not able to locate similar package location, can you use RPM to directly install python2.4 again

    rpm --force -hUv url_for_python_rpm
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