Error installing any program using yum

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sat Feb 6 14:01:54 UTC 2010


Richard Cahilig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes, I'm connecting to gmail from this system that I'm trying to
> update. I even tried OpenDNS with I still have the same problem. I
> don't what is causing this problem.
I see....

So, if you put this URL in your browser it will attempt to download a
file called "metalink"?

https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
<https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard R. Cahilig
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
> <mailto:Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>> wrote:
>
>     Richard Cahilig wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > Yes, and I even ran the yum clean all command.
>     Should we assume that you are connecting to gmail from the system you
>     are trying to update?
>
>     Almost every time I've seen someone with the error you report in your
>     initial post it is due to either a network misconfiguration or a DNS
>     problem.
>     >
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Richard R. Cahilig
>     >
>     > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Frank Murphy
>     <frankly3d at gmail.com <mailto:frankly3d at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:frankly3d at gmail.com <mailto:frankly3d at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On 06/02/10 10:02, Richard Cahilig wrote:
>     >     > Hi,
>     >     >
>     >     > No, I'm not behind a proxy.
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     --snip--
>     >
>     >     Have you ran "yum clean metadata"
>     >
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Regards,
>     >
>     >     Frank Murphy
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