After doing yum remove crontabs this appears after running yum: -bash: /usr/bin/yum: No such file or directory
This was the output of yum remove crontabs:
[root@vs270 opt]# yum remove crontabs
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package crontabs.noarch 0:1.10-8 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: crontabs for package: rpm
--> Running transaction check
---> Package rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 for package: rpm-python
--> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 for package: rpm-libs
--> Processing Dependency: rpm >= 3.0.5 for package: apt
--> Processing Dependency: rpm >= 4.4.2 for package: yum
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apt.x86_64 0:0.5.15lorg3.94a-5.el5.rf set to be erased
---> Package rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be erased
---> Package rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be erased
---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.2.22-26.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: yum >= 3.0 for package: yum-fastestmirror
--> Running transaction check
---> Package yum-fastestmirror.noarch 0:1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/rpm for package: policycoreutils
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package policycoreutils.x86_64 0:1.33.12-14.8.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: policycoreutils >= 1.33.12-14.5 for package: selinux-policy
--> Processing Dependency: policycoreutils for package: setools
--> Running transaction check
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:2.4.6-279.el5_5.2 set to be erased
---> Package setools.x86_64 0:3.0-3.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Removing:
crontabs noarch 1.10-8 installed 1.0 k
Removing for dependencies:
apt x86_64 0.5.15lorg3.94a-5.el5.rf installed 8.5 M
policycoreutils x86_64 1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed 2.1 M
rpm x86_64 4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 installed 3.6 M
rpm-libs x86_64 4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 installed 2.0 M
rpm-python x86_64 4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 installed 131 k
selinux-policy noarch 2.4.6-279.el5_5.2 installed 7.5 M
setools x86_64 3.0-3.el5 installed 3.3 M
yum noarch 3.2.22-26.el5.centos installed 3.2 M
yum-fastestmirror noarch 1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1 installed 47 k
Transaction Summary
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Remove 10 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : crontabs 1/10
Erasing : rpm-python 2/10
Erasing : yum 3/10
warning: /etc/yum.conf saved as /etc/yum.conf.rpmsave
Erasing : apt 4/10
warning: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/os.list saved as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/os.list.rpmsave
Erasing : rpm 5/10
Erasing : selinux-policy 6/10
Erasing : policycoreutils 7/10
Erasing : rpm-libs 8/10
Erasing : yum-fastestmirror 9/10
Erasing : setools 10/10
Removed:
crontabs.noarch 0:1.10-8
Dependency Removed:
apt.x86_64 0:0.5.15lorg3.94a-5.el5.rf policycoreutils.x86_64 0:1.33.12-14.8.el5 rpm.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1
rpm-python.x86_64 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 selinux-policy.noarch 0:2.4.6-279.el5_5.2 setools.x86_64 0:3.0-3.el5 yum.noarch 0:3.2.22-26.el5.centos
yum-fastestmirror.noarch 0:1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1
Complete!
Any ideas on how to re-install YUM without YUM itself?
Thanks 😀
Best Answer
It's possible to install RPM by unpacking the files from the RPM-rpm (uhuh) package. This will get you going again and you will be able to install yum as well. First create the directory you are going to use for unpacking the files from the RPM archive and download the RPM package.
Make sure you download the RPM version corresponding to your CentOS version / architecture, but looking at your yum output I think this is.
Now, extract the files from the RPM archive and copy the important files to your CentOS installation root.
You should have a working rpm command now, rebuild the RPM database and install RPM properly:
You might need some extra dependencies you removed earlier but it should now be possible to install yum again