I know that there have been a lot of messages (with repo correction info posted) for yum updates after install; but I'm trying to do an internet install of F11 and I'm getting the same message. Obviously I can't change a yum.conf file for this -- but it does give one the option to edit the location.
The default location is: [URL].. There's one other big flaw with the internet install -- it writes HD partition changes to the disk right after you set up the partition scheme; shouldn't it wait until it knows it can connect to the repository?? I had to boot to a Ubuntu live dvd to get on here to post this. I'm definitely not saving time using the internet install option.
I got online last night and found some of the info. on the yum updates issue, with different mirrors or repositores. So what I tried changing for the default repo / metadata location, using the edit option is:
I changed the word metalink to mirrorlist. I changed https to http. I tried using http://mirror.liberty.edu/pub (etc) which is actually an rpm fusion mirror. I likewise tried http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu (etc.) I gave up and went to bed, and this morning I just tried the http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/ (and I also tried the above redhat.com address substituting i386 for basearch and 11 for $releasever) -- no go with any of that. Same error message about cannot retrieve installer metadata.
All of the other messages I've seen on this issue have been about Yum updates; not installs. Hopefully the install DVD will show up in the next couple of hours; but I'd like to make this work if I can ??
i am trying to get fc12 up and running. have spent a lot of time reading posts about similar problems, but so far haven't found the right answer. this is what i get when i try to run yum update:
I am getting following error if I try to give the command yum update
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I tried all the steps in the post http://rishabhsays.wordpress.com/201...sitory-fedora/ and no success. I am behind a proxy server and got proxy related info in yum.conf file but still facing the same problem.
I even tried following commands with no success
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I can connect to Internet but cannot update using yum
There seems to be a bug reported on the same issue in FEDORA13 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564509
I have an installation problem that I cannot resolve. The problem arises during the installation process, using the Fedora-10-i386-netinst.iso image, burnt onto CD.Immediately after setting up the network card, I am given the error "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again". Since the installation process is text-based, I do not have the option to edit the repository list, and consequently, have to abort.This is the spec of my machine:
Pentium 166 (yes, it's very old, but it should work, no?) 132MB RAM (just about enough ram for minimilistic server) 80GB hard disk
I wanted to get some additional life out of a computer with 256MB of RAM, and discovered that FC12 was the only version of Linux I was able to install (out of the distros attempted). The installer went into text mode automatically, configuring only the root account. I used text-based tools after the first boot to configure networking, and installed a couple of additional packages with yum. Then I issued "yum update," and it retrieved and installed the available updates. That was the last time I used yum successfully, though. I obtained such error messages as "14: PYCURL ERROR 6" and "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. verify its path and try again."
I discovered that such problems had been encountered by others, and had sometimes been solved by such methods as adding repositories to yum.conf, adding lines to /etc/hosts, adding a line to resolv.conf, tampering with fedora.repo or fedora updates.repo, or even with "yum clean all." None of these methods worked for me, however. My initial impression of Fedora is favorable, so I might like to try it even on a system where it wasn't the only available choice. Package management is essential to success with any OS, however, so I need to get past this issue.
I installed Fedora 13 in my new system from DVD image. Now I want to update all repositories. I coul'nt update. error message as below: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. verify its path and try again
I did preupgrade from fc9 to fc11. I encountered with "an internal system error has occurred". It is keep on bugging even after closed. The details are as follows:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 2093, in get_distro_upgrades pkgs = self.yumbase.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(name='preu pgrade') File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 649, in <lambda> pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(), File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 491, in _getSacks self.repos.populateSack(which=repos) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in populateSack sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 162, in populate if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 220, in _check_db_version return repo._check_db_version(mdtype) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1178, in _check_db_version repoXML = self.repoXML File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1342, in <lambda> repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(), File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1338, in _getRepoXML raise Errors.RepoError, msg RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
i installed fedora 11 today and i am unable to update it whenever i try i get this message: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again both in yum update and in software update where can i get repmod.xml
I updated my up to date F12 to F13. I have what must be a 640X480 display with no way to change it. I get an error:
"Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pgdg90. Please verify its path and try again" on all Yum commands so no yum installs are possible. I don't have the /usr/bin/GLX command So theAIGLX doesn't work.
I just did a fresh install of F14 using a Live USB. I can't do a yum update, I'm getting Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora.I've done a yum clean all and I've tried coping the .repos from another F14 system that's working fine.
I'm getting the following error when I try to install anything with yum: Code: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again. I tried editing /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo and /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo, and also amending the host file as explained in this fix. [URL]. Still doesn't work. I am behind a proxy.
whenever I do a yum anything I get this example [root@localhost ~]# yum groupinstall "Development Tools" Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_US to language list Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
I tried to update via software center anddd with 'yum update' but it won't work for me, I get: Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit ...
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: spotify. Please verify its path and try again.
Any way which would allow me to edit something to make the paths right or to even remove the spotify.
I am on RHEL 5.4 and i installed rpmforge for dag repository but failed with error my redhat box get's internet through ccproxy and error is
[root@pendora ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security This system is not registered with RHN. RHN support will be disabled.
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmforge. Please verify its path and try again
recently ran into another issue (for those who haven't seen it, I'm having an issue setting up my wireless on Linux...) which is that when I run the yum update command in the Terminal I get this output:
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
i installed F13 at work in VirtualBox to test Fedora features in order to have a web server under Linux. while playing aroung i run the yum command : yum info kernel and i got the following message:
Quote: Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again i've search on internet and after googling a lot, i tried several solution like: - uncomment all baseurl and commenting mirrorlist - disable networkManager - add http_proxy in yum.conf
however, nothing works internet works well the proof is that i'm writting this thread thanks to F13 :-)
I have Fedora 13 in a VPS. I cannot work with yum. I got this error: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try # yum list Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. verify its path and try again.
I installed FC10, but do not find xfig (command not found)..then I do password:xxxxxxx, and then do the following $yum install xfig, and I get the following error Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit [URL].. [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized Trying other mirror. Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: adobe-linux-i386.
yum is completely broken. I cannot install or update any software. yum is always throwing:
Code: Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-12&arch=x86_64 error was 14: PYCURL ERROR 7 - "" Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free. Please verify its path and try again I have tried globally to disable the gpg check as stated in other threads. I have no proxies or such in yum.conf or in my bashrc. If I manually click on the link it will resolve in firefox so I am sure it is not my net connection per se, it seems yum or curl is adding a : to the end of the url thats why it wont resolve properly.
I have done a yum clean all , which didnt really help either. reinstalling the rpmfusion repos isnt an option either as I start getting curl errors in the terminal. I am really at a loss here and am completely out of ideas as I cant install any updates or software , at first I thought the repositories were having problems with the holidays but this has been going on for 4 days now. /var/log/messages isnt showing anything either.
While installing CodeLite on F13,there is some error:
[root@localhost ~]# yum install codelite Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Could not retrieve mirrorlist HTTP Error 404 : mirroslist Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free. Please verify its path and try again
what i should do to resolve this question?(the computer can conntect to network,because I'm in China?) I have googling this question,but those methods didn't work
I recently registered a Red Hat 5 machine. It registered ok and was able to do a yum update. Now, yum update gives this error:
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security There was an error communicating with RHN. RHN support will be disabled. Error communicating with server. The message was:
Temporary failure in name resolution Could not retrieve mirrorlist <red hat mirror url here>error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')> [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')> Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmforge. Please verify its path and try again I can ssh into the machine, and I can open up Firefox and browse the web. I have another Red Hat 5 machine set up and working fine, and I've checked that the /etc/yum.conf, /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date, .bash_profile, and /etc/hosts files are all the same (except for hostnames and ip addresses). I'm fairly new to Red Hat, and I don't know what other configuration files to check.
i am trying to install the rhel 6 using virtual machine(virtual box ) and iam getting the error as "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated.Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:naconda-base-201009221732.i386."i would also like to know what is the reason for this error , i try to goggle it and seems most ppl are facing the same issue and they are directing to some mailing list like rhn-satellite can some somebody can explain what is that mail listing and how we can use the mail listing to dig information
