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Hi... I am getting the following error when I try to update my computer with the fixes Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.RepoError'> Error Value: Error getting repository data for installed, repository ...
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    Error when updating fedora 12

    Hi... I am getting the following error when I try to update my computer with the fixes


    Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.RepoError'>
    Error Value: Error getting repository data for installed, repository not found
    File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 3125, in <module>
    main()
    File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 3122, in main
    backend.dispatcher(sys.argv[1:])
    File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 710, in dispatcher
    self.dispatch_command(args[0], args[1:])
    File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/packagekit/backend.py, line 657, in dispatch_command
    self.update_packages(only_trusted, package_ids)
    File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1948, in update_packages
    signed = self._is_package_repo_signed(pkg)
    File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 1437, in _is_package_repo_signed
    repo = self.yumbase.repos.getRepo(pkg.repoid)
    File : /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py, line 121, in getRepo
    'Error getting repository data for $s, repository not found' $ (repoid)

    Can some one help me out how to get rid of the error

    Thanks

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    Try from the command line
    Code:
    su -c 'yum clean all'
    su -c 'yum update'
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