urpmi broken due to perl upgrade

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linux_monkey_8948 : 03/01/06 03:13 AM : Incident created -   I needed to install the mono project and gtk# for a project. Mono installed fine. However, after running "urpmi gtk#" and everything installed fine, I could no longer use urpmi, vi, nor any of the drak tools. The problem seems to be that the gtk# package perhaps upgraded perl and broke any of the existing programs that use perl. How can I restore my ability to use urpmi and vi? The errors when trying to run urpmi: # urpmi modula Can't locate URPM.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/urpm.pm line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/urpm.pm line 16. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/urpmi line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/urpmi line 22. errors when I try to run vi: # vi /etc/resolv.conf vi: error while loading shared libraries: libperl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Linegod_7611 : 03/01/06 07:55 AM : Reply received -   Please provide the output of the following: # rpm -qa|grep perl-URPM # rpm -qq|grep urpmi # uname -a And did which repositories where you using when you installed gtk? ------------ Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
linux_monkey_8948 : 04/01/06 04:40 AM : More info provided -   Thank you so much for your reply. I solved the problem. I was hoping that restoring to the version of perl on the install CD would work, but I was afraid to try because of dependencies. I eventually put CD1 into my drive (the system automounted it). Then I used Nautilus (for the purpose of quickly browsing through the CD) and navigated to /mnt/cdrom/media/main. I then found the orignal perl packages (perl-5.8.5-3mdk.i586.rpm) and perl-base-5.8.5-3mdk.i586.rpm I ran the following commands: rpm -U --force --nodeps /mnt/cdrom/media/main/perl-5.8.5-3mdk.i586.rpm rpm -U --force --nodeps /mnt/cdrom/media/main/perl-base-5.8.5-3mdk.i586.rpm That restored my urpmi and my vi. Now I will begin using my machine again and will fix any other of these problems as I encounter them. As far as GTK# and the mono project, I guess I will be manually installing them instead of using the packages, although I will check and make sure my destination URLs are correct for urpmi. Thank you again for offering to help.
linux_monkey_8948 : 04/01/06 04:52 AM : Incident closed -   Although I ended up solving the problem before seeing Linegod's reply, Linegod was asking me for the output of commands I did use to troubleshoot the problem, so I know he was immediately heading in the same direction I used to solve the problem.

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