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

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 ?

Solution

I solved this issue editing both /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo files, commenting all entries starting with mirrorlist=... and uncommenting all the entries starting with baseurl=....

Answered By — fgalan

Answer Checked By — Senaida (FixIt Volunteer)

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