--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Richard Cahilig <r.cahilig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Richard Cahilig <r.cahilig@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Error installing any program using yum > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 2:58 PM > Hi, > > I have problem in my newly installed fedora 12. I got this > error every time I tried to install anything via yum: > > > [root@localhost User]# yum update > Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for > repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again > > > Below is the contents of my /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo > > [snip] Try turning off (or lowering its protection) SELinux. On my initial install of F12, I had to turn it off to update, and configure several things. Over the years SELinux has caused me so many problems, that I either don't install it, uninstall it or turn it off. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines