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Quick steps to install YUM on the mentioned OS versions.

First off you will need to install a key from the centos mirrors:

rpm –import http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-4

Download all the necessary packages:

wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-python-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm

Install all the packages

rpm -Uvh libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh rpm-python-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm

Finally install YUM,

rpm -Uvh yyum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm

YUM should be installed by then.

Finally, type:

yum update

to put your system up to date.