On 10/07/2015 11:14 AM, Shane wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Fedora18 x86_64. (Yes, it's old.) Within the last few days I found that I cannot install or list anything from the fedora-18 repo via yum. I get the typical errors everybody complains about "no repomd" and "metalink.xml does not exist". Common workarounds from google searches haven't worked. > > I opened the link spit out by yum "http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-18&arch=x86_64"; in a browser. It downloaded a metalink file (no .xml suffix). The 3rd (or so) line of the file has the following dubious message. > > # repo = fedora-18 arch = x86_64 error: invalid repo or arch > > Following this line is a HUGE listing of available repos and architectures. There is nothing shown for fedora-18 arch i386 or x86_64. In fact, even fedora-source-18 repo is missing. I don't think this is a yum problem on my system. > > Is there something else I can try (yum-wise)? If I need to report it then where? I'm quite certain that this is the wrong list. > Nothing. F18 was EOL a long time ago. Updates via yum aren't available. If you need something from the last time things were updated you need to find them and download them manually from http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/updates/18/x86_64/ and you'll need to resolve the dependencies yourself. (Insert the normal advice about running old, outdated, and not security patched software here) -- In reality, some people should stick to running Windows and others should stay away from computers altogether. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
