Why when I do the yum install something it always stuck

cmx08 · 09-07-2008, 10:03 AM

Why when I do the yum install something it always stuck at Parsing package install arguments? It is no response after that. Is that any wrong there?

Code:

[root@localhost download]# yum install net-snmp-devel
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.7 MB    06:32
################################################## 5211/5211
Parsing package install arguments

Thanks.

amani · 09-07-2008, 11:30 AM

Try rebuilding your rpm database first.

Also run yum in verbose mode to see if any of your plugins are causing problems

unSpawn · 09-07-2008, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amani

Try rebuilding your rpm database first.

Why should he do that? And why first? And doesn't the urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution') exactly say what the problem is? DNS?

John VV · 09-07-2008, 03:00 PM

from this

Quote:

core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
h??p://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.

you are using fedora 6 .6 is no longer supported it hit it's END OF LIFE last year .
and the error is because there is NO folder called "repodata" any longer on that server because it is NO LONGER supported
install fedora 8 or 9 ( 9 if your hardware will work with 9 )

cmx08 · 09-08-2008, 09:52 PM

Code:

you are using fedora 6 .6 is no longer supported it hit it's END OF LIFE last year .
and the error is because there is NO folder called "repodata" any longer on that server because it is NO LONGER supported
install fedora 8 or 9 ( 9 if your hardware will work with 9 )

But my other FC6 machine is not facing this kind of problem. So far all the yum install I did is successful. But all the yum install I did in this machine is always stuck at Parsing package install arguments.

John VV · 09-08-2008, 10:09 PM

the repo is pointing to a dead server .Copy the one from the working fedora 6 box and replace the ones on the not working fedoea 6 box
/etc/yum.repos.d/( fedora.repo,fedora-updates.repo,livna.repo) -- all of them--

amani · 09-09-2008, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unSpawn

Why should he do that? And why first? And doesn't the urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution') exactly say what the problem is? DNS?

Yes, that is right. I missed the line with 'local'.