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I am trying to install MySQL onto a Fedora 14 VM. I get the following message when trying to install MySQL:

Error Downloading Packages: zlib-devel-1.2.5-2.fc14.x86_64: failure: Packages/zlib-devel-1.2.5-2.fc14.x86_64.rpm from class-DVD: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. libxml2-devel-2.7.7-2.fc14.x86_64: failure: Packages/libxml2-devel-2.7.7-2.fc14.x86_64.rpm from class-DVD: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

I tried adding a repository and got this:

[root@dyan src]# yum install mysql mysql-server Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_US to language list file:///media/Fedora%2014%20x86_64%20DVD/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///media/Fedora%2014%20x86_64%20DVD/repodata/repomd.xml Trying other mirror. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core///os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "" Trying other mirror. Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: download.fedora.redhat.com_pub_fedora_linux_core_os_. Please verify its path and try again

Can someone please tell me how to modify yum.conf (or which appropriate repository to add to yum.repos.d) so that I can install this with yum?

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  • How did you try adding a repository? Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 15:44
  • I did yum-config-manager --add-repo http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ and enabled it. Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 15:46
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    Fedora 14 has been EOL for 4 years. Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 16:26
  • It's what we're using for class and I have had no problems installing before. Is there no way I can fix this? Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 16:38
  • @dabad Doesn't help right now, but Fedora (which I work on) is starting a push for more university involvement, and we'd love to help your instructor update the curriculum to a more recent Fedora version. Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:10

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Whoops. This is from the error output:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core///os/repodata/repomd.xml ^^^

Notice those empty elements correspond to the ones from here that are presumably undefined shell variables:

yum-config-manager --add-repo \ http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os‌​/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm pretty sure $releasever should be just 14 and $basearch either i686 or x86_64, so that should have been:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/14/x86_64/os‌​/

Presuming you are on a 64-bit system (otherwise use i686 there).

However...

This whole path is probably no longer valid; you could try:

yum-config-manager --add-repo http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/‌​Fedora/x86_64/os/

But see discussion in comments. Presumably you'll also want to remove the bogus repos you've previously added.

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  • It's gonna need to point at archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive to work... Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:09
  • @mattdm So it looks more like: http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/? There is a slightly different pattern at the end I notice. Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:16
  • Something like that? http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Fedora/$basearch/os/, I think should work (yum fills in those variables). Not that I really condone this — there are so many unfixed security issues that I think it's somewhat irresponsible. But, hey, if it's the class, do what works.... Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:23
  • @mattdm Apparently yum did not fill in those variables, which is why there is this whole problem... Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:31
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    I think what's happening is that mirrormanager isn't returning valid data for F14 anymore, and that's why the end up empty. Skip the mirrorlist (or newer metalink) and configure the baseurl. Commented May 1, 2015 at 14:40

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