Errors on installing applications on Red Hat Linux

ImmortalMatrixology

Hello there guys. I am learning to install applications on Linux Red Hat. I have managed to install an application called YUM that is an installer and updater. Now I get errors when trying to install. I get this error.

(process:3778): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gtimer.c: line 106 (g_timer_stop): assertion `timer != NULL' failed

(process:3778): GLib-CRITICAL **: file gtimer.c: line 88 (g_timer_destroy): assertion `timer != NULL' failed

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?

yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])

File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 97, in main

result, resultmsgs = do()

File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 470, in doCommands

return self.installPkgs()

File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 836, in installPkgs

self.doRepoSetup()

File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 75, in doRepoSetup

self.doSackSetup(thisrepo=thisrepo)

File "__init__.py", line 260, in doSackSetup

File "repos.py", line 277, in populateSack

File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/sqlitecachec.py", line 40, in getPrimary

self.repoid))

TypeError: Can not create index on requires table: near "NOT": syntax error

Thank you in advance guys.

tw3ak

Well the first thing I would do is make sure I'm root.
then reinstall Yum. then retry. If that doesn't work I'd google the error message.

atreyu

Is sqlite installed? What exact distro are you using?

Check out this thread http://sysadmingear.blogspot.com/2008/07/yum-glib-critical-how-to-fix.html, it seems related to your prob. Come back here if you can't decipher it, or it doesn't help.