Yummy ideas.

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Mon May 1 21:10:18 UTC 2006


On 5/1/06, "Malcolm Candlish" <Candlish at bigfoot.com> wrote:
>  Sirs,
> I am having difficulty in getting a yum connection and wonde
> red if anyone could recommend a UK baseurl to facilitate an
> efficient service.
>
> When I try yum I get the following response:-
>
> [root at malcolm malcolm]# yum install epiphany
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> updates
>  [1/3]
> Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates
> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: updates
>
> My /etc/yum.conf file is as follows:-
>
> # Note: This file is no longer the entire yum configuration
> # for fedorafaq.org. See http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf
> # for details on how to set up your system with the new
> # yum configuration.
>
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> obsoletes=1
> # We don't want to gpg-check local, unsigned packages
> #gpgcheck=1
> # Changed this because some mirrors go down and then
> # re-trying takes forever.
> retries=1
> timeout=10
>
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
>

You do not have any repositories listed in yum.conf. The actual
repository (.repo) files are in /etc/yum.repos.d/.

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