On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 02:27:56PM +0530, Jatin Davey wrote: > > [root at sc-devld-1 yum.repos.d]# yum install net-snmp > Loading "rhnplugin" plugin > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > This system is not registered with RHN. > RHN support will be disabled. > Setting up Install Process > Setting up repositories > not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - 5Client is not a > valid release or hasnt been released yet > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base That's a RHEL5 box from the looks of it, but from a follow-up post of yours /etc/redhat-release says it's centos. The two are mutually exclusive. Also, /etc/redhat-release is a simple text file that can be made to say anything so it's not a great source of proper identification. What does "rpm -q centos-release" say? John -- It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong. -- G. K. Chesterton -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100512/448d16d6/attachment-0005.sig>