CentOS yum install problem

[Amos Shapira]

I'd also check that your DNS configuration haven't changed, e.g. try "host
mirrorlist.centos.org" and see if you can get it to resolve.

On 9 December 2016 at 08:35, Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:

> 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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