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ManuelM
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yum Update

Post by ManuelM » 2017/07/12 16:40:04

hello, i'm new in centos and i have the next problem when i try to update my system:

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'apt.sw.be'"
* base: mirror.uta.edu.ec
* epel: mirror.airenetworks.es
* extras: mirror.uta.edu.ec
* nux-dextop: li.nux.ro
* updates: mirror.uta.edu.ec
http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/x86_64/r ... repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'apt.sw.be'"
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmforge. Please verify its path and try again

how can i fix this?
thank for your help

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TrevorH
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Re: yum Update

Post by TrevorH » 2017/07/12 16:54:35

Do not use rpmforge. It's a dead repo that's had almost no updates for more than 4 years so many of its packages have unfixed security problems. Disable the repo or uninstall the rpmforge-release package. Find better sources for any packages that you might have installed from there (use either keychecker from EPEL or rpm -qa | grep ".rf" to get a list).
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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