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So, my friend leads me to an answer.  The solution involves  deleting a few files in the IFS and running yum and rpm and that will fix it.  Except no &#8220;yum&#8221; or &#8220;rpm&#8221; can be found.  So begins the adventure which I have documented in video form <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TDCd9u0VRWU\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think it is safe to start a new project, you come to an immediate halt. Doncha hate that? All dressed up but nowhere to go. Just happened to me recently. 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