problem with yum :fedora12
 

hi all.....
when i was trying to install perl with fedora using yum:
# yum install perl

i got the following error:

Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again


i m getting this error with all the yum commands.
plz help.........

Hi

This indicates that either:

1. Your local yum repository configuration file has an error
2. The repository that your machine is connecting too is either unavailable or errorneously configured.

Please post the output of your respository files (contained in more /etc/yum.repos.d/).

Cheers,
Yas

@alli_yas

thanks buddy i got it working........with a kind help from google
i edited 5 files....
1)/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
2)/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
3)/etc/hosts
4)/etc/resolv.conf
5)/etc/yum.conf

Good Stuff; for your future reference:

These are repository files that point yum to fedora repositories. Basically you can put any repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and this will work.

You can think of your hosts file as being an internal DNS where you can add hostnames and IP's that your machine can thus resolve locally.

This is where you point your machine to external DNS servers for hostname resolution.

This is your yum configuration file where you set parameters that control the behaviour of yum.

Glad you've solved your problem!