On Mon June 18 2007 17:02:45 rodrigo morales wrote: > I have the following problem > > > sudo yum update > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Update Process > Could not retrieve mirrorlist > http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-7&arch=i386 error > was > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (111, 'Conexi\xc3\xb3n rehusada')> > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora > > I am under proxy and not like forming it, in the page it leaves: > > http_proxy=ip_proxy:port > export http_proxy > > but when adding these lines give the following error me > > sudo yum update > CRITICAL:yum.cli:Config Error: Parsing file failed: File contains parsing > errors: file:///etc/yum.conf > [line 17]: 'export http_proxy' > > as I can solve this problem > > greetings For setting proxy information in yum.conf just insert: proxy=ip_proxy:port you may also need proxy_username=foo proxy_password=bar depending on your setup. if you need this proxy for general internet add these lines: to ~/.bash_profile this will be a global setting which yum will also use if not set in yum.conf. http_proxy=insert_proxy_ip:port export http_proxy post back with the details if you get stuck. ...dex ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
