hi, why i get this error? how to solve it. i"m using centos 5.


[root@firdaus tester]# yum install vlc
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com
* base: mirror.linux.duke.edu
* updates: centosw.centos.org
* addons: mirror.linux.duke.edu
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?releas...86&repo=extras error was
[Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: //var/cache/yum/extras/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras

That should work, so try it again. If not thought, edit /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo and uncomment the baseurl line and comment out the mirrorlist line

goto /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo , * indicates the file name. open the repo file in a vi editor and try changing baseurl to http://download.videolan.org//pub/vi...vlc/SuSE/11.0/(i'm using SUSE 11)

i'm a newbie. can you show me how to do it

DO NOT do what hitman_vivek suggested. RPMs are generally made for one specific distro and version. Using a repo meant for another distro can totally bork your system.

What you may be seeing is a temporary issue as billymayday said in post #2.

Hitman, this suggestion could do a lot of damage to a system. Please don't give advice if you don't know what you're talking about

can you explain more about this

Cut and paste the file in question back here. We will attempt to take you through it.

this is my base repo





# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS.
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

how do i change repo because the packages that i want to install not available in default repo

to

Ok, Now you see where all the baseurl lines start with a "#"? That means that they are commented out (ignored). Remove the "#" from in front of the baseurl lines and put one (#) in front of the mirrorlist lines. Basically take this:

and change it to this:


edit: Got to learn to type faster.

WHat packages are you trying to install?

And to read - the problem was in extras. I only say this because I posted the wrong entry first and had to go back and edit it, so stirring myself as much as you.

Cheers

Billy

Wasn't there some nonsense about version 5 vs version 5.0? I seem to remember something like that got changed.

Yep, I usually just change them all.