Re: help needed in yum installation
"Sumesh P.T." <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.rpm.yum |
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Probably my message was too long. Can anybody suggest how can i delete the existing yum and install a fresh one? Thanks Sumesh On Jan 22, 2008 8:05 PM, Sumesh P.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to Seth Vidal, my yum was working perfectly. I was trying to follow > the thread http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/56197-playing-windows-media-fedora-core-linux.html > > for installation of codec files. I progressed with the following commands: > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > *cd /etc > mv -f yum.conf yum.conf.bak > wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf* > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > and then happened > > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > * [root@onsager Desktop]# rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum > Retrieving http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum > error: skipping http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum - transfer failed - Unknown > or unexpected error* > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > Not only I couldnt finish the installation, yumex stopped working. I > removed yumex and tried reinstalling. It gives the following error: > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > *[root@onsager drops]# yum install yumex > adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B > 00:00 > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB > 00:00 > adobe-linu: ################################################## 2/2 > fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB > 00:00 > http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > > http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > > http://fedora.candishosting.com.cn/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > http://linux.ntcu.net/ftp/dists/fedora/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/Fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > http://spreader.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > ftp://mirror.wbut.ac.in/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 14] HTTP Error 502: Bad GatewayTrying other mirror. > > http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > http://allotter.yandex.net/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 > : [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > > http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: > [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>Trying other mirror. > Error: failure: repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2 from fedora: [Errno 256] No > more mirrors to try.* > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > I decided to reinstall yum and then this happens > > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > * [root@onsager Desktop]# rpm -Uvh yum-3.2.7-2.fc7.noarch.rpm > yum-updatesd-3.2.7-2.fc7.noarch.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > package yum-3.2.8-2.fc7 (which is newer than yum-3.2.7-2.fc7) is > already installed > package yum-updatesd-3.2.8-2.fc7 (which is newer than > yum-updatesd-3.2.7-2.fc7) is already installed* > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------# > > I am wondering how to go ahead now...Can anybody help me? > Thanks a lot in advance, > Sumesh > > > On Dec 5, 2007 9:27 AM, Sumesh P.T. <[email protected] > wrote: > > > Thanx. i wud try with them once again. > > Sumesh > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 9:24 AM, seth vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 09:15 +0530, Sumesh P.T. wrote: > > > > Thanks, I did include proxy like this in /etc/yum.conf: > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo > > > > # in /etc/yum.repos.d > > > > proxy=http://172.16.1.1:3128 > > > > export http_proxy= http://172.16.1.1:3128/ > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > it started working. I cud install yumex. then i tried some updates > > > and > > > > installations using yumex. some worked. some are still showing th > > > > error like this: > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > 19:56:53 : Trying other mirror. > > > > 19:56:53 : Failure getting > > > > > > > http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/filelists.sqlite.bz2 > > > : > > > > 19:56:53 : --> [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403: Server: > > > squid/2.5.STABLE4 > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Mime-Version: 1.0 > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:34:50 GMT > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Content-Type: text/html > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Content-Length: 1239 > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Expires: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:34:50 GMT > > > > 19:56:53 : --> X-Squid-Error: ERR_ACCESS_DENIED 0 > > > > 19:56:53 : --> X-Cache: MISS from jncproxy.jncasr.ac.in > > > > 19:56:53 : --> Proxy-Connection: close > > > > 19:56:53 : --> > > > > 19:56:53 : Trying other mirror. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > and hence fail. Does it mean that it succeds in gettin downloads > > > from > > > > some repos but no from some ohters? In that case should i include > > > > somethin like this in /etc/yum.conf? > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > [repository] > > > > proxy="" > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Or any other options? > > > > > > I'd suggest talking to the folks who maintain the proxy and find out > > > why > > > it is nixing certain sites but not others. > > > > > > -sv > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Yum mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Sumesh > > > > " A vector is a vector is a vector" > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Sumesh > > " A vector is a vector is a vector" > -- Regards, Sumesh " A vector is a vector is a vector" _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum