works like a charm, but now for the next problem, after checking the repo's all are enabled, but still I get following error message when I try to update : root@localhost yum.repos.d]# ls dries.repo fedora.repo freshrpms.repo fedora-devel.repo fedora.repo~ mirrors-rpmforge fedora-extras-devel.repo fedora-updates.repo newrpms.repo fedora-extras.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo rpmforge.repo [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# cat fedora.repo [base] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever baseurl=ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: core failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# any idea what this could mean? cheers, -----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bob McClure Sent: Wed 1/25/2006 2:23 PM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: Re: [Yum] accidently uninstalled yum on fc4 system,how can I reinstall it? Geert Swillens wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm a complete linux newbie and while trying to follow a step by step > yum config guide, I uninstalled the package. > > can someone tell me how to reinstall the base yum package on my fc4 > system, because everything I find assums that yum is already base > installed in FC4. > > thanks in advance, > > Geert > As root, wget ftp://mirror.phy.olemiss.edu/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/yum-2.3.2-7.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh yum-2.3.2-7.noarch.rpm Cheers, -- Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc. robertmcclure@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bobcatos.com Peace begins not at a Mideast table, but at a Mideast stable _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3911 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/attachments/20060125/4584a395/attachment.bin
