Cannot find valid baseurl for rpmfusion repo

n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com
Fri Jun 29 15:08:22 UTC 2012


On 06/29/2012 03:07 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 29.06.2012 15:53, schrieb n2xssvv.g02gfr12930:
>> On 06/29/2012 02:31 PM, Mark Haney wrote:
>>> I've googled this a couple of times, but can't seem to find a straight answer on this problem. I installed the
>>> rpmfusion repos both with the GUI and from the CLI and I get this same problem, 'Cannot find valid baseurl'.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>> The following is my recommendation for installing RPMs not available in your currently
>> available repositories.
>>
>> I downloaded the 2 setup RPMs from the RPMFusion website, then using createrepo I created my own repository, and
>> the required yum config file in /etc/yum.repos.d, (root privileges required)
>>
>> local.repo
>>
>> [MyRepo]
>> name=Local repo Fedora upgrade $releasever
>> baseurl=file:/home/user/MyRepo/RPMs$releasever/
>> enabled=0
>> gpgcheck=0
>>
>>
>> The above configures the local repository for Fedora 17 should be in directory
>>
>> /home/user/MyRep/RPMs17
>>
>> Then using yumex, enabling the local repo I selected the RPMFusion config RPMs for installation,
>> and then apply. You will then find an updated RPMFusion config RPM that needs to be updated.
>> After that RPMFusion should be up and working
> FIRST:
> pelase get rid of HTML messages on mailing-lists
> especially whith 20px letters!
>
> where is any single benfit in creating a local repo
> to put the one-shot RPMs compared between
>
> "yum install localfile.rpm"
> or
> "yum install --nogpgcheck localfile.rpm"
>
> ????
>
> there is no difference from any point of view
>
>
>
>
I then find it puzzling that you're having problems, the method I
outlined worked for me on both
Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. Apparently there is something different with
your method, and it causes you a problem for reasons I don't know, so
perhaps trying a different method can't do any harm surely.

cpp4ever



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