[CentOS] can't install software, "not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - 5 is not a valid release or hasnt been released yet"

Thu Jun 19 17:31:37 UTC 2008

Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>   
>> [root at cacti ~]# yum install apache
>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> Repository centosplus is listed more than once in the configuration
>> Setting up Install Process
>> Setting up repositories
>> not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - 5 is not a valid  
>> release or hasnt been released yet
>> not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - 5 is not a valid  
>> release or hasnt been released yet
>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> Parsing package install arguments
>> Nothing to do
>>     
>
>   
>> Does anyone know how to fix this?
>>     
>
> Please do an "ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/"
>
> and show us the content of all .repo files in there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ralph
>   
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>
>   
[root at cacti ~]# rpm --verify centos-release
S.5....T c /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

[root at cacti ~]# ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
total 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2044 Jun 19 08:57 CentOS-Base.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  622 Nov 23  2007 CentOS-Media.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  684 Mar  8  2007 mirrors-rpmforge
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  428 Mar  8  2007 rpmforge.repo

[root at cacti ~]# more /etc/yum.repos.d/*
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/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
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# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for 
CentOS.
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS 
updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

::::::::::::::
/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo
::::::::::::::
# CentOS-Media.repo
#
# This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on
#  CentOS-5.  You can use this repo and yum to install items directly 
off the
#  DVD ISO that we release.
#
# To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too:
#  yum --enablerepo=c5-media [command]
#
# or for ONLY the media repo, do this:
#
#  yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media [command]

[c5-media]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/
        file:///media/cdrom/
        file:///media/cdrecorder/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
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/etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
::::::::::::::
http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/dag.wieers/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp2.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
#http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/dag

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/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
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# Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5 - dag
# URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = Red Hat Enterprise $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
#baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/dag
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

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