Thread: Not able to install Yum

I have an old Fedora installation. Everything is working fine but I am unable to use yum. For example, when I run:

Code:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror 
No plugin match for: fastmirror Determining fastest mirrors Traceback (most recent call last): 
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? yummam.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exiC code=True) 
File «/usrlshare!yum•cli!yummain.py», line 229, in user_main 
errcode = main(args) 
File «/usrlshare/yum-cli/yummain.py», line 104, in main 

result, resultmsgs = base.doCommandsO File «/usrlshare!yum-cli/clLpy», line 339, in doCornrnands 
self._getTs(need TsRemove) 
<snipped> 
thread.error: can't start new thread

I'm unable to decipher what these crippled messages are supposed to mean. Would you happen to have a clue?

Well, it looks like the fastmirror plug-in is the culprit that's not allowing you to use yum. Try to install Exaile by disabling the fastmirror plug-in as follows:

Code:

# yum --disableplugin=fastestmirror install exaile

If even this does not work, then try the following two commands to clean the package cache and metadata ( following which, try to install Exaile again):

Code:

#yum clean dbcache 
#yum clean meta data

Hope this works out.