Problem with yum (was Re: command wvdial not found)

[Tony Molloy]

On Tuesday 07 December 2010 11:57:49 Adil Adil wrote:
> > This should provide your answer:
> > sudo yum provides */bin/wvdial
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for your answer. After executing the command you gave me, I
> realised that I have a problem with my yum
> 
> Here is the output:
> --------------
> [root at localhost ~]# yum provides */bin/wvdial
> Modules complémentaires chargés : presto, refresh-packagekit
> Erreur : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
> fedora. Please verify its path and try again ----------------
> 
> The text in french means: Additional modules loaded.
> 
> I'm using fedora12 (i don't want to upgrade to a newer version).
> 
> Thank you

wvdial is available in the Fedora Everything repo for Fedora 12

wvdial-1.60-10.fc12.i686.rpm

Make sure the Fedora Everything repo is enabled.
Try the following

yum clean metadata
yum install wvdial


Hope this helps

Tony
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