Unable to install vlc on fedora due to error 404 !

kkrockstar · 06-20-2008, 11:51 AM

Hi all,
I am using FC-9/x86_64.
just unable to install vlc player using the command
# yum install vlc

It's okay with all processes except downloading part.
Giving horrible errors

Downloading Packages:
http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ye...c9.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ye...c9.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ye...c9.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.

Error Downloading Packages:
libid3tag-0.15.1b-6.fc9.x86_64: failure: libid3tag-0.15.1b-6.fc9.x86_64.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
libupnp-1.6.6-1.fc9.x86_64: failure: libupnp-1.6.6-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
libdc1394-2.0.2-1.fc9.x86_64: failure: libdc1394-2.0.2-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

help me please !!!!!!
thanks in advance.

knudfl · 06-20-2008, 05:51 PM

Try http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ye.../updates/RPMS/
or http://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/ye...m/5.0/updates/

The package name cannot be included in these lines.

Rgds

kkrockstar · 06-21-2008, 02:17 AM

Thanks dude...but I am a newbie and I don't know how to use these links and commands.
If you could post all those commands to install vlc,would be great.
Thanks agn.

fedoralinuxjunkie · 06-21-2008, 05:41 PM

Hello kkrockstar.

Have you tried adding additional repositories to your YUM configuration?

knudfl · 06-22-2008, 05:51 AM

VLC media player for Fedora
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html

If you want to do changes to your repo :
Google keyword : change repo yum
And please use "LQ Search" for info.

Config files are e.g /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
(a new link can be added there)

If you want to install a downloaded package, not found in
your repo, the command is # 'rpm -Uvh <package-name.rpm>'
but yum should be preferred.

Rgds

kkrockstar · 06-26-2008, 01:41 PM

but what is the exact reason bro that while installing vlc through yum command, the host is unreachable ?(error 404)
also tell me step wise please that how to get rid of it.
thanks

knudfl · 06-27-2008, 12:56 PM

From Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404

Quote:

The 404 or Not Found error message is an HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server but either the server could not find what was requested, or it was configured not to fulfill the request and did not reveal the reason why. 404 errors should not be confused with "server not found" or similar errors, in which a connection to the destination server could not be made at all.

Rgds

kkrockstar · 06-30-2008, 08:14 AM

Thanks everyone for their nice support.I added some extra repositories to my yum.repos.d folder and it worked for me
,but in the end, can someone post a list of all featured yum repositories or where can be they found at one place ?
Thanks once again for being this much helpful to newbies like me.

billymayday · 06-30-2008, 08:42 AM

I've never seen a list like this, and I rather doubt one exists. Not all of the repo guys get along, and worse still, there are incompatibilities between certain repos (used to be livna vs dag/atrmps etc - is that still the case?)

Experience helps, but that isn't really an answer that helps you

resetreset · 07-02-2008, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkrockstar

but what is the exact reason bro that while installing vlc through yum command, the host is unreachable ?(error 404)
also tell me step wise please that how to get rid of it.
thanks

404 doesn't mean computer can't be got to. it means file doesn't exist.

can't you just search on the web for a file you can down load and install from?