Re: unable to install with yum in fc6 xp_64

"balaji v" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.rpm.yum
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi

I have done a fresh installation of fc6. While trying to update with yum i
am getting the following error



[root@balaji yum.repos.d]# yum list
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError:
<urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4]
IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno
4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
Trying other mirror.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
[Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] timed out
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: livna
[root@balaji yum.repos.d]#



I am a starter in linux. Please help me what should I do now

thanks

Balaji


On 7/2/07, balaji v <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have reinstalled fc6, let me try and apprise you of this. thanx for the
> response
>
> balaji
>
> On 7/1/07, David Timms < [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > balaji v wrote:
> > > If i give yum install emacs i get the message in my terminal
> > > that Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository :
> > livna     and
> > > keeps on trying other mirror before returning to terminal command
> > prompt.
> > > Also I am not able to view my Applications --> Add/remove software ,
> > it
> > > finally returns as unable to retrieve software information
> >
> > disable the livna repo since it seemd inaccessible at the moment {for
> > some reason}.
> > yum --disablerepo=livna
> > what does it say now ?
> >
> > DaveT.
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> >
>
>

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