Yum is not working in Scientific Linux Cern 3.4.6

biplabbijay · 04-28-2010, 07:03 AM

Hi iam using Scientific Linux version 2.6.9-67.EL.cernsmp (root@lxcert-i386) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)) #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 16:22:33 CET 2007. I want to install PIDGIN latest version. For that i have downloaded pidgin gpg key manuallu from

Code:

http://rpm.pidgin.im/rhel/4/$ARCH

and import.
Then i downloaded pidgin.repo and save it in /etc/yum.repos.d/

Then when i type

Code:

yum install pidgin

to install it .The following error message comesout:

Code:

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "tsflags" plugin
Loading "versionlock" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc4X/i386/yum/extras/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: slc4-extra
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from slc4-extra: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from slc4-extra: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Can anybody help me how to solve this error or how to install pidgin ?Thanks in advance.

Biplab

alli_yas · 04-28-2010, 10:25 AM

Hi,

First thing to check is if the mirror still exists/works - I suspect its a mirror problem as this error usually indicates a 404 error.

Also post the output of

Code:

# cat /etc/resolv.conf

If it isn't an issue with the repo itself, I suspect you don't have your DNS specified correctly which would result in the above.

knudfl · 04-29-2010, 05:25 AM

Well, no file 'repomd.xml' in any repodata/ for the moment.
Just check for yourself :
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc4X/i386/yum/extras/
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc4X/i386/extras/RPMS/
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc48/extras/i386/RPMS/
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc4X/updates/i386/RPMS/

May be ask them http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific4/
.. Should be supported at least until Oct. 2010.

knudfl · 04-29-2010, 05:25 AM

Sorry .. browser hickup

biplabbijay · 04-30-2010, 07:31 AM

Thank you very much and sorry for the late reply.Yep i have checked that but again to install pidgin when i put pidgin.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and type yum install pidgin it did not work. is it the same problem ?

Biplab

knudfl · 04-30-2010, 03:32 PM

Pidgin repo

baseurl=http://rpm.pidgin.im/rhel/4/i386/

... seems to be OK.
But it may depend on the other repos.

..