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Old 9th January 2008, 09:59 AM
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Problem with add/remove software and software updater

When iam trying to open either of above things iam getting exception error.I have attached a screenshot.the contents of the error file are as follows:

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Component: Software Manager
Summary: TB3e8fa63e yumRepo.py:765:_getRepoXML:RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pidgin. Please verify its path and try again

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 428, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 421, in main
pm = PackageManager(options.config, options.onlyrepo)
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 61, in __init__
GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 123, in __init__
self.reset()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 222, in reset
self.doTsSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 63, in doTsSetup
return self._getTs()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 77, in _getTs
self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 526, in <lambda>
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 381, in _getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 242, in populateSack
sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 142, in populate
if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 199, in _check_db_version
if repo.repoXML.repoData.has_key(mdtype):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 769, in <lambda>
repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 765, in _getRepoXML
raise Errors.RepoError, msg
RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pidgin. Please verify its path and try again

Local variables in innermost frame:
msg: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pidgin. Please verify its path and try again
self: pidgin
e: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from pidgin: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
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can anyone help?
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Old 9th January 2008, 10:27 AM
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Disable or delete the pidgin repo that you installed


Code:
Local variables in innermost frame:
msg: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: pidgin. Please verify its path and try again
self: pidgin
e: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from pidgin: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
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Old 9th January 2008, 12:51 PM
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thank you, it's working
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