Problem with yum installing djvu using freshrpms repositories , RHEL, x86_64

saak.stepi · 01-07-2008, 03:20 PM

I am trying to install djvu on my RHEL4, x86_64
with yum using freshrpms repositories.

# yum install djvu
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: freshrpms
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: freshrpms

Could someone explain me how to do this correctly

Thanks,
John

thedonkdonk · 01-07-2008, 03:31 PM

You should have a file called rpmforge.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ diretory. It should look like this one:

Code:

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

If it does look the same try modifying it. Uncomment the baseurl line. If you still have issues let me know and I will help.

saak.stepi · 01-07-2008, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedonkdonk

You should have a file called rpmforge.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ diretory. It should look like this one:

Code:

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

If it does look the same try modifying it. Uncomment the baseurl line. If you still have issues let me know and I will help.

Indeed I have the file and it appears to be the same:

# more rpmforge.repo

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 4 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

Thanks,

John

thedonkdonk · 01-07-2008, 11:19 PM

Awesome! Change it to read:

Code:

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

saak.stepi · 01-11-2008, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedonkdonk

Awesome! Change it to read:

Code:

# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

Thank you for your help.
I was able to install djvu by running a binary.
I tried to install another package "alsa-oss" with yum after I uncommented the baseurl line

#yum install 'alsa-oss'
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linu...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: freshrpms
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from freshrpms: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

seems yum csan not find the right repository.

Thanks,

John

Mahalo · 01-15-2008, 02:54 PM

I'm getting the same error, but the machine I am working on is not on a network...I'm trying to get it updated and get a usb wireless adapter to work with it.

I also don't have file called rpmforge.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ diretory. All that is in there is:
fedora-devel.repo
fedora-extras-devel.repo
fedora-extras.repo
fedora.repo
fedora-updates.repo
and fedora-updates-testing.repo

Any ideas for me?

I hope all of this is worth it...I've been trying to get my kernel and ndis wrapper updated all day long and have been pulling my heair out reading all of the help files I can find...

Thank you in advace for any assistance anyone has to offer. If I need to get any more info or files I have access to another computer (windows os) and can access or chat from it.

Peace

thedonkdonk · 01-15-2008, 07:57 PM

Mahalo,

I can help you find the right files to download but i need to know what distribution you are using and the output from uname -a.

Mahalo · 01-15-2008, 08:08 PM

Howdy! Thanks for the offer...I'm going to go ahead and redo this laptop with Fedora8 while I'm messing with it...there is noting on it that I need and what I obviously need is the practice.

Thank you VERY much for your offer, I truly appreciate it!

Peace! Keep on Keepin it GNU!