STILL Unable to use YUM to update
Clóvis Tristão
clovis at agr.unicamp.br
Tue Oct 11 21:07:11 UTC 2005
Hi John,
Have you ever try copy the yum.conf~ to yum.conf_original?
See the site http://forums.fedoraforum.org/printthread.php?t=80480
or
http://shamsweb.50webs.com/faq.html#yum
Clóvis
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>> >> On 10/10/05, John Moore <database1 at qualitycareforchildren.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 10.10.2005
>> >>
>> >> Last time I did yum (yum update), it updated the kernel to
>> >> 2.6.13. Ever
>> >> since, doing yum update I get this at the terminal:
>> >>
>> >> [jmoore at localhost ~]$ yum update
>> >> Config Error: Error accessing file for config
>> >> file:///etc/yum.conf
>> >>
>> >> I have checked out /etc/ (doing su -) and found that yum.conf
>> >> looked
>> >> like yum.conf~. Thought that might be the problem so I
>> >> renamed it back
>> >> to yum.conf but I still get the same problem at the terminal.
>> >>
>> >> Oh, and Yumex just flashes open but doesn't stay open. That
>> >> is, Yumex
>> >> also doesn't work.
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions?
>> >> John Moore
>> >> Atlanta, GA
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>> > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 19:20 -0600, Spencer Kellis wrote:
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>> >> I just had problems with yum myself... a few things I learned that
>> >> might help:
>> >>
>> >> clean up your yum data:
>> >> yum clean all
>> >>
>> >> clean up your rpm data:
>> >> rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
>> >> rpm --rebuilddb
>> >>
>> >> I think those are the basics... hopefully that does something!
>> >>
>> >> Spencer
>> >
>> > www.spencerkellis.net
>> >
>> > 10.11.2005
>> >
>> > Hey Spencer.
>> >
>> > Tried the first command "yum clean all" and this is what I got (what I
>> > entered at the terminal)
>> >
>> > [jmoore at localhost ~]$ su -
>> > Password:
>> > [root at localhost ~]# yum clean all
>> > Config Error: Error accessing file for config file:///etc/yum.conf
>> > [root at localhost ~]#
>> >
>> > As you can see, I still got the same error. Any suggestions?
>> >
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> On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 17:47 -0300, Clóvis Tristão wrote:
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>> Hi John,
>>
>> Exist the yum.conf???
>> If OK
>> Possible, corrupt the file
>> Bye,
>> Clóvis
>
> Hey Clovis!
>
> The yum.conf exists BUT it is listed in the /etc directory as yum.conf~
> (tilde). I tried (as described above) to rename it but it won't rename.
> Can I change the permissions on this file (to what exactly and how) OR
> do I delete the file? Some other option?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John
>
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