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# 1  
Old 09-12-2011
Yum is unusable
How do I delete all of my repo information and start completely fresh?
# 2  
Old 09-12-2011
Code:
rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*
yum clean all

# 3  
Old 09-12-2011
It is a really bad idea to remove all your repo information. You then will not be able to install any additional packages.

if you deleted all the files in /etc/yum.repos.d as suggested by bartus11 and try to install any package, you will get a message that there are no enabled repos until you recreate at least one repo definition and enable that repo. At a minimum, you will need to re-install the repo files for the particular version of Red Hat that you are on.
Last edited by fpmurphy; 09-12-2011 at 12:58 PM..
# 4  
Old 09-12-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by fpmurphy
It is a really bad idea to remove all your repo information. You then will not be able to install any additional packages.

if you deleted all the files in /etc/yum.repos.d as suggested by bartus11 and try to install any package, you will get a message that there are no enabled repos until you recreate at least one repo definition and enable that repo. At a minimum, you will need to re-install the repo files for the particular version of Red Hat that you are on.
Thats what I did to make it unusable. I believe this was the culprit.

Code:
$ sudo wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d/ http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-firefox4.repo
--2011-09-12 18:56:06--  http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-firefox4.repo
Resolving repos.fedorapeople.org... 85.236.55.7
Connecting to repos.fedorapeople.org|85.236.55.7|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 208 [text/plain]
Saving to: “/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-firefox4.repo”

100%[===================================>] 208         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2011-09-12 18:56:28 (9.66 MB/s) - “/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-firefox4.repo” saved [208/208]

$ sudo yum install firefox4
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora-firefox4. Please verify its path and try again

This happened no matter what package I tried to install.

Code:
 sudo yum install jre
[sudo] password for bob: 
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/firefox4/fedora-15/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora-firefox4. Please verify its path and try again

I added my repos back from a fedora live cd.
# 5  
Old 09-22-2011
[server]
name=Red Hat yum server
baseurl=
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release


copy this content to /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repothen set the base url then try to install
# 6  
Old 09-23-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by nithyanandan
[server]
name=Red Hat yum server
baseurl=
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release


copy this content to /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repothen set the base url then try to install
I already added my repos back from a fedora live cd.
# 7  
Old 09-23-2011
is it working now?
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