yum install not working and giving errors .....kindly find a way out

sureka · 06-29-2008, 09:33 AM

hello guys !!1
here is something for u !!!
i installed fedora 8 on my laptop a few days ago. so while installing a media player vlc through yum command it gives the following errors :::kindly check out the errors..

[root@localhost sureka]# yum install vlc
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/i3...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livn...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: livna. Please verify its path and try again

i tried to install manually vlc by the source code but it says that it requires some other packages to carry on...
so kindly help me a way out...
thanx in advance

reddazz · 06-29-2008, 10:52 AM

It seems like there is a problem with the livna mirror. I would wait a few hours and try again. Post back if you continue having problems.

rjlee · 06-29-2008, 11:19 AM

Looking at your error messages, you seem to be having problems resolving the domain-names of individual repositories.

You might want to look at your DNS setup. Can you connect to websites, such as www.google.com, by name on that machine?

A quick fix could be to add the following lines to the /etc/hosts file on that machine; that will bypass DNS. You will want to remove these lines when you're done using yum, because they will break if the repository changes its IP address at any point:

Code:

rpm.livna.org 193.28.235.40
livna.cat.pdx.edu 131.252.208.96
wftp.tu-chemnitz.de 134.109.132.16
ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de 129.143.116.10

Hope that helps,

—Robert J Lee

tungvs · 06-29-2008, 11:26 AM

The repositories could be no longer use (the URLS). You should go to the fedora website and check for new repos.

sureka · 06-29-2008, 11:17 PM

Thanx but if u can find a different solution to it ....It would greatly help my cause..

Thanks
sureka

sureka · 06-29-2008, 11:23 PM

All the websites are opening on my system.....
there is no problem as though..
but even after putting the lines u asked for the terminal is displaying the same error messages....

Kindly look for a different solution..

sureka

lazlow · 06-30-2008, 12:01 AM

Each of the links you posted has a : at the end. IF that is the way it is in your livna.repo file, that is probably what is causing the issue.