--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Richard Cahilig <r.cahi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Cahilig <r.cahi...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Error installing any program using yum
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
> <fedora-l...@redhat.com>
> Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 2:58 PM
> Hi,
> 
> I have problem in my newly installed fedora 12. I got this
> error every time I tried to install anything via yum:
> 
> 
> [r...@localhost User]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for
> repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
> 
> 
> Below is the contents of my /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
> 
> [snip]


Try turning off (or lowering its protection) SELinux.  On my initial install of 
F12, I had to turn it off to update, and configure several things.  Over the 
years SELinux has caused me so many problems, that I either don't install it, 
uninstall it or turn it off.


B

-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Reply via email to