YUM Headers Cannot Be Found

jyothsna · 02-19-2009, 05:55 AM

Hiii...

i trying to install ffmpeg using YUM.. but while installing i'm getting error like this

-bash-3.1$ yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 5Server - i386 - Base
Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found
Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on this system.

i am searching for the solution .. to fix this

anyone help me please?

Udi · 02-19-2009, 06:23 AM

Just guessing here - maybe "yum update" will update the indexes and solve this problem for you. You can also try "yum clean all".
Hope it helps.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-19-2009, 06:27 AM

You need to be ROOT to install package. From the output that you have pasted you do not seem to be root. Once you get the privileges do

Code:

 yum update

Code:

yum install <package>

jyothsna · 02-19-2009, 06:33 AM

yes i am in the root

again getting same error while Updating YUM using "update yum"

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-19-2009, 06:57 AM

If you are the root how do you have the user prompt?

jyothsna · 02-19-2009, 07:01 AM

I am using putty software to login into our server..

so the prompt is like that

linuxlover.chaitanya · 02-19-2009, 11:06 PM

Whatever way you login you get user prompt for normal user and hash prompt for root.

Edit: I mistakenly said dollar prompt for root. It should have been "#".
Chris has already corrected it though.

chrism01 · 02-20-2009, 06:46 AM

Should be hash '#' prompt for root. Re post #4, its 'yum update' not 'update yum'. yum is the tool/cmd, update is the arg/param.