yum fault, can't install anything

[Pedroski]

I followed the instructions on the rpmfusion webpage, to add their repos.

Since then, yum won't work: this is the error I get from yumex

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 2038, in _checkForNewer
pkgs = self.yumbase.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(name=po.na me)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1003, in <lambda>
pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 767, in _getSacks
self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 294, in populateSack
sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 186, in populate
xml = repo_get_function()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1638, in getPrimaryXML
return self.retrieveMD('primary')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1563, in retrieveMD
return self._retrieveMD(mdtype)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1571, in _retrieveMD
thisdata = self.repoXML.getData(mdtype)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/repoMDObject.py", line 180, in getData
raise RepoMDError, "requested datatype $s not available" $ type
RepoMDError: requested datatype primary not available


What can I do to fix this?? I cannot update anymore.

[mschwendt]

That's not much information. RPM Fusion is popular enough and works for many users.

What else does still work related to "yum"? Can you open a terminal, become superuser, then run "yum clean metadata dbcache rpmdb", then try again and also tell whether "yum update" still works?

[Pedroski]

Same error, no update:
Before I added rpmfusion repos, this was not so. After install, I updated normally and without problem. If the worst comes to the worst, I will reinstall, paste the rpmfusion repos without using their rpm to install them. But if I don't need to do that, it would be better!
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata dbcache rpmdb
[sudo] password for pedro2:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Cleaning repos: fedora rpmfusion-free rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-nonfree
: rpmfusion-nonfree-updates updates
27 metadata files removed
4 sqlite files removed
4 rpmdb files removed
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
fedora/metalink | 6.0 kB 00:00
fedora | 4.2 kB 00:00
fedora/primary_db | 14 MB 00:33
fedora/group_gz | 434 kB 00:01
rpmfusion-free | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 861 B 00:00
updates/metalink | 7.4 kB 00:00
updates | 4.5 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 1.9 MB 00:04
updates/group_gz | 434 kB 00:01
Error: requested datatype primary not available
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$

[glennzo]

What does yum repolist show?

How about yum --disablerepo=rpmfus* check-update?

[Pedroski]

[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
fedora/metalink | 6.0 kB 00:00
fedora | 4.2 kB 00:00
fedora/primary_db | 14 MB 00:32
fedora/group_gz | 434 kB 00:01
rpmfusion-free | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree | 861 B 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 861 B 00:00
updates/metalink | 7.4 kB 00:00
updates | 4.5 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 1.9 MB 00:04
updates/group_gz | 434 kB 00:01
Error: requested datatype primary not available
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$

---------- Post added at 06:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:50 AM ----------

[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ yum --disablerepo=rpmfus* check-update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$

---------- Post added at 06:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:52 AM ----------

[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ sudo yum --disablerepo=rpmfus* update
[sudo] password for pedro2:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
No Packages marked for Update
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$

[glennzo]

yum --disablerepo=rpmfus* repolist

If the error doesn't appear when running the above command then the issue is with the rpmfusion repositories. I would remove those repositories and then install them anew.

This should do for removal.

PHP Code:

rpm -e rpmfusion* 


Then install them again per the RPMFusion web site.

[Pedroski]

[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$ sudo rpm -e rpmfusion*
[sudo] password for pedro2:
error: package rpmfusion* is not installed
[pedro2@pedro-bedro ~]$

---------- Post added at 09:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:48 AM ----------

But the repos are in yum.repos.d

[PabloTwo]

Try,

sudo rpm -e rpmfusion-free-release rpmfusion-nonfree-release

[Pedroski]

That did the trick. Yumex works again . It seems there are no updates available at the mo.

However, now rpmfusion is disabled, how do I get vlc, gstreamer plugins etc. I can't even play a song!

[weitjong]

I had exactly this problem over the weekend but the problem fixes by itself last night. If I recall correctly it was due to rpmfusion-nonfree repo. I suppose you just have to be patience to wait the fixes propagate to the mirror site that you use.

[glennzo]

Reinstall the rpmfusion repos as I suggested.

[Pedroski]

Well, I copied the rpmfusion repos that were in /etc/yum.repos.d to a temp directory.

Then I did as suggested above: sudo rpm -e rpmfusion-free-release rpmfusion-nonfree-release

That got rid of them, and yum and yumex worked again! Then, I pasted the text file rpmfusion.free.repo into /etc/yum.repos.d and now I am downloading vlc.

Slowly I will paste the others, and see what happens.

---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 PM ----------

Addendum: I reinstalled the rpmfusion repos from the rpmfusion webpage.

The non-free rpm is causing the problem, there seems to be a mistake in the code. If I have it installed, I can't install anything. Without it, I can. But I would still like Totem to play mp3, my Chinese lessons are mp3s!!

[weitjong]

Do a "yum repolist", If it still shows previous errors then your yum's metadata (not really sure) is still "corrupted" (again not really sure) from the previous yum execution. In my case, I had to do a "yum clean all" first to eliminate the problem. By now I think rpmfusion-nonfree metadata should be corrected in all mirror sites, so the repo should be working fine already. Thus, after the clean all, repeat the 'yum repolist' again. You should be out of the wood. If not, repeat and rinse after a few hours.

In the meantime, if you need to install something else not from the offending repo then you still could by using '--disablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree' to temporary turn it off. HTH.

[snoze]

Don't use yum before upgrade. Use preupgrade. Make sure you are using grub2 in fedora 17

[Pedroski]

Thanks, I'll try rpmfusion-non-free install again. I know how to get rid of it now, if it causes problems.

Just my opinion, but preupgrade is useless, it has never worked for me, and I have tried a lot. It installs itself in grub.cfg, but the vmlinux it installs never starts. Why, I don't know!!??

---------- Post added at 05:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:46 AM ----------

Just tried installing rpmfusion-nonfree-release again. It still causes problems, which disappear when it is erased, so whatever the problem is, it ain't fixed yet!