[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# yum remove livna
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# rpm -ivh http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm
error: skipping http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

Hmmmm, do you have this file:

/etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo

Can you post the whole file here? You should be able to open it with any text editor. Just copy and paste the contents.

I know the problem for that one This site has cut off the address. I will post without the url tags. Try this command instead:

rpm -Uvh http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/9/i386/livna-release-9-1.noarch.rpm

[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# yum install vlc
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

/etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo contains this:

[livna]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
failovermethod=priority
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-7
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

[livna-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Source
baseurl=
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[root@rahul-rohit ~]# rpm -Uvh http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.ll8APO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-9-1.noarch is already installed
[root@rahul-rohit ~]#

Now What to do?

I am adding one line there for testing. Try it, if that does not work, remove it. The line is in bold

I am not sure how yum works, but apt-get, once you add a repository to the apt config file, you need to update it with apt-get update. My guess is that once you've edited that file, you need to run yum update. If that works, then:

yum install vlc

Dang, sorry. Added the wrong repository. I added the ones for the source. Now I've fixed it. Check the above reply for the line in bold.

[root@rahul-rohit yum.repos.d]# apt-get update
bash: apt-get: command not found
[root@rahul-rohit yum.repos.d]# yum update
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9/i3...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
livna | 2.1 kB 00:00
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit yum.repos.d]# pwd
/etc/yum.repos.d
[root@rahul-rohit yum.repos.d]#

Hmmm, I ran out of suggestions now mate . The second address you've added to the repolist (the one I gave you) should not timeout. It must have something to do with your network (are you behind a proxy?). In that case, I will have to pass, because I suck at it and I don't want to screw your machine

you could try the freshrpm repo:
http://www.recordingproject.com/bbs/...hrishansen.jpg

Just a short reminder that Fedora is not a distribution with stability or user friendlyness as a top priority. I like Fedora, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with no experience with linux. They also don't care one bit about compatibility with anything non open-source (java, flash, drivers, codecs...).