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I tried to install PHP with yum and I got a message like:

bash-3.2# yum install php

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirrors.tummy.com * updates: mirror.anl.gov * base: www.cyberuse.com * addons: mirror.raystedman.net * extras: www.cyberuse.com Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: php-cli = 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: httpd-mmn = 20051115 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: file >= 4.0 for package: php --> Processing Dependency: libaspell.so.15()(64bit) for package: php --> Processing Dependency: libgmp.so.3()(64bit) for package: php --> Processing Dependency: libcurl.so.3()(64bit) for package: php --> Processing Dependency: libpspell.so.15()(64bit) for package: php --> Processing Dependency: libidn.so.11()(64bit) for package: php --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-cli.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be updated ---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.3-22.el5.centos.1 set to be updated Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 145, in main (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/init.py", line 647, in buildTransaction (rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 696, in resolveDeps CheckDeps, checkinstalls, checkremoves, missing = self._resolveRequires(errors) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 779, in _resolveRequires thisneeds = self._checkInstall(txmbr) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 851, in _checkInstall provs = self.tsInfo.getProvides(*req) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py", line 432, in getProvides result.update(self.getNewProvides(name, flag, version)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py", line 414, in getNewProvides for pkg, hits in self.pkgSack.getProvides(name, flag, version).iteritems(): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 300, in getProvides return self._computeAggregateDictResult("getProvides", name, flags, version) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 470, in _computeAggregateDictResult sackResult = apply(method, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 861, in getProvides return self._search("provides", name, flags, version) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in newFunc return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 837, in _search for pkg in self.searchFiles(name, strict=True): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in newFunc return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 586, in searchFiles self._sql_pkgKey2po(rep, cur, pkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 470, in _sql_pkgKey2po pkg = self._packageByKey(repo, ob['pkgKey']) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 413, in _packageByKey po = self.pc(repo, cur.fetchone()) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 68, in init self._read_db_obj(db_obj) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 94, in _read_db_obj setattr(self, item, _share_data(db_obj[item])) TypeError: unsubscriptable object

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    Can you please edit and quote the yum output?
    – wzzrd
    Jun 25, 2009 at 7:29

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Post output on Pastebin

Try "yum clean all" like the first poster says.

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  • Not working for me, for some reason. Neither what the other people suggested here.
    – ripper234
    Dec 6, 2010 at 18:59
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Try to run yum clean all first and see if that solves the issue.

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Try #yum update yum && yum update.

Can you install other packages?

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