CentOS yum install problem

[Rabin Yasharzadehe]

Seems right, try commenting the mirror line and use a direct URL, and see
if it's help. You can also try using curl or wget to check if it's a
network problem

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, 21:33 David Suna, <david at davidsconsultants.com> wrote:

> I tried "yum clean all" but that didn't help. I am not sure how to tell
> where the url's should be pointing. Here is what I have in CentOS-Base.repo
>
> # CentOS-Base.repo
> #
> # The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
> # update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
> # geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS
> updates
> # unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
> #
> # If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
> # remarked out baseurl= line instead.
> #
> #
>
> [base]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
> mirrorlist=
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>
> #released updates
> [updates]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
> mirrorlist=
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates&infra=$infra
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>
> #additional packages that may be useful
> [extras]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
> mirrorlist=
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> pgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>
> #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
> [centosplus]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
> mirrorlist=
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus&infra=$infra
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> enabled=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>
> #contrib - packages by Centos Users
> [contrib]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
> mirrorlist=
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib&infra=$infra
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> enabled=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
>
>
> On 08/12/16 21:00, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
>
> +1 for `yum clean all`
>
> also make sure your repos in the `/etc/yum.repo.d/` folder are enabled and
> are pointing to a valid repos.
> some VPS provider will change the url's in this files to point to there
> proxy server to save time and BW,
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rabin
>
> On 8 December 2016 at 18:57, David Suna <david at davidsconsultants.com>
> wrote:
>
> I am using CentOS for the first time on a GoDaddy Virtual Private Server.
> Yesterday I was able to install packages without a problem. Today, for some
> reason, any package I try to search for I get a No Matches found error. And
> any package I try to install I get No package <package name> available.
>
> I am a Debian / Ubuntu user so I am a little lost in the CentOS - yum
> world. GoDaddy support is completely worthless. I have tried searching on
> Google but have not found what I am looking for.
>
> Can anyone give me a pointer to how I can solve this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --
> David Suna
> david at davidsconsultants.com
>
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