graeme_p - 7:32 am on May 10, 2010 (gmt 0)

frank's suggest was to install yum from an rpm, like this:

[phy.duke.edu ]


Is there any reason you cannot install from RPM?

There are lots of instructions on the web for doing this, but you will have to search a bit for current download sites for yum 2.0 and instructions in initial configuration.