yum error "Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again" updating ContextBroker

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JosepB picture JosepB · Nov 4, 2014 · Viewed 274.1k times · Source

I'm trying to update Orion ContextBroker using the command yum install contextBroker. Unfortunatelly I get the following error:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading

mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again

What could be going wrong ?

Answer

XoR picture XoR · Dec 27, 2014

You just needed to update ca-certificates package. Before that just disable all repos with https that are failing. That's why solution with commenting mirrorlist or using http instead https would work also.

For example if you need to disable only epel repo:

yum --disablerepo=epel -y update  ca-certificates

This will also help wget, curl, and anything else that uses SSL certificates.

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