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I am using Fedora 17 and I cannot install packages using yum. I get this error:

[root@cousinot ~]# yum install fedup Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit medInria | 951 B 00:00 medInria/primary | 3.6 kB 00:00 medInria 3/3 No package fedup available. Error: Nothing to do

And I get the same error with all packages. In the /etc/yum.repos.d/ I have:

[root@cousinot yum.repos.d]# ls fedora.repo rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo fedora-updates.repo rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo rpmfusion-nonfree.repo medInria.repo rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo rpmfusion-free-rawhide.repo rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo rpmfusion-free.repo yumconf-sop rpmfusion-free-updates.repo

But: vim fedora.repo shows an empty file. fedora-updates.repo and fedora-updates-testing.repo are also empty.

I tried yum update: it gives No packages marked for update.

I tried to reinstall Fedora 17 to get the repo files back. Both rpm -Uvh with --oldpackage or --replacepkgs did not work (it gives: package fedora-release-17-2.noarch is already installed). But yum reinstall reinstalled it successfully.

However, even after reinstallation, the repo files are still empty and I can still not install packages using yum (same error as before with fedup, see above).

What can I do? For example, could I just copy-paste in these files what should be written? Many thanks again for your help...

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  • Did you try yum update? Commented May 8, 2015 at 5:48
  • Yes, I get "No packages marked for update." And it does not change anything. Commented May 8, 2015 at 6:35

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Grab the fedora-release package from any mirror and reinstall it. That should get your repo files back.

For example

rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/f/fedora-release-17-1.noarch.rpm

You would just need to know which version of Fedora you have to get the right repo.

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  • Many thanks for your answer. As I have x86_64, I run this but I got this error: [root@cousinot ~]# rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-release-17-1.noarch.rpm Retrieving https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-release-17-1.noarch.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package fedora-release-17-2.noarch (which is newer than fedora-release-17-1.noarch) is already installed Commented May 7, 2015 at 22:52
  • @Nina I think adding --oldpackage will allow that to continue. You could also use yum reinstall instead of rpm -Uvh — the direct URL should work even if the repos are corrupted. Commented May 8, 2015 at 16:28
  • Many thanks for you answer. Yes, I have tried --oldpackage and also --replacepkgs but it did not change anything. While running them, I still get: package fedora-release-17-2.noarch is already installed. However, yum reinstall reinstalled it (thank you). But the repo files are still corrupted (read: empty) and I still cannot run yum install fedup, which was my first purpose. What can I do? many thanks again. Commented May 8, 2015 at 17:42
  • It may be that it wont install because it was older. Try this reinstall: ftp.pbone.net/mirror/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/… Commented May 9, 2015 at 3:18
  • or even just "yum reinstall fedora-release" Commented May 9, 2015 at 3:20
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Another way I'm thinking that might work comes from http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=271496

Wherein the solution suggested was to manually update fedora.repo with

[fedora] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch failovermethod=priority #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/ mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=1 metadata_expire=7d gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch [fedora-debuginfo] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Debug failovermethod=priority #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/ mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=0 metadata_expire=7d gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch [fedora-source] name=Fedora $releasever - Source failovermethod=priority #baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/source/SRPMS/ mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=0 metadata_expire=7d gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

Worth a shot right? With the variables for version maybe that would work, then again I think version 17's pretty old.

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