Bill, Just saw this thread now, had this same problem a couple days ago. Did the exact same thing as you did. removed the rpm package with ssl_match_hostname in it, then manually removed those same dirs. Then reinstalled python-urllib3, then after that I reinstalled python-backports-ssl_match_hostname. Was having problems with certbot because of this problem. On 26-05-18 17:16, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> But first..... >> I found a pile of directories from the attempts to install python-urllib3. I deleted them all >> rm -fr /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname* >> (dangerous, I know) >> and the rpm then installed OK. >> >> Hopefully, that is the end of that problem. Now for the other one. >> Cheers >> Bill > Turns out this is a known issue. See this RHEL users' discussion thread: > > https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3411171#comment-1300851 > > and a solution article: > > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3440171 > (basically saying the same thing as in the discussion post: issues > with python backports files) > > Akemi