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yum/dnf "Errors during downloading metadata for repository"

Eric Delorme
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Symptoms

The package manager is unable to update packages through the command line or EasyApache. Yum or DNF reports errors contacting repos:

CONFIG_TEXT: Error: Failed to download metadata for repo '$repo-id': Cannot download repomd.xml: Status code: 404 for http://mirror.domain.tld/path

CONFIG_TEXT: Errors during downloading metadata for repository '$repo-id':
  - Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://mirror.domain.tld/path [Failed to connect to mirror.domain.tld port 443: Connection timed out]

 

Cause

There is an issue contacting a software repo that prevents the package manager from building the required metadata cache. This may be due to a connection issue, missing repo, or an incorrect mirror.

 

Resolution

If a repo is not critical, it can be disabled using the package manager:
When using YUM

# yum-config-manager --disable $repo_id

When using DNF

# dnf config-manager --set-disabled $repo_id

 

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