Configure yum mirror

**ahaider7** · 09-23-2010

Hi guyz,

Whenever i try to install anything using yum, the usual procedure is that it tries to download new packages from the 1st mirror, if that fails then next mirror, and so on.

I want to force yum to always use one particular mirror that is included in official mirror list.

How can I do that, any ideas?

Thnax in advance.

**ved** · 09-23-2010

you have to install

Code:

yum install yum-fastestmirror yumex yum-utils

Code:

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

HTML Code:

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B2

**devils casper** · 09-23-2010

Could you post exact error message? Are you behind proxy?

**ahaider7** · 09-24-2010

Thanx ved, but i think you have written the method of using the fastest available mirror. Thats not my point

**ahaider7** · 09-24-2010

Originally Posted by devils casper

Could you post exact error message? Are you behind proxy?

There is no error message as yet. yum is working fine, doing all installations cleanly.

What I actually want is that, the specific mirror I am talking about, is also my local ISP. If using yum, all packages are downloaded from that very mirror, I will not be charged for data downloads. Thats why I want to configure yum to always use that mirror. Hope that clarifies my point.

**ved** · 09-24-2010

i think you want to use only specific mirror for this you go to the folder ie
/ete/yum.respond and delete unwanted mirror
mirror look like that

Code:

[ved@localhost yum.repos.d]$ ls
adobe-linux-i386.repo        rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
dvd.repo                     rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
fedora.repo                  rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide.repo
fedora-updates.repo          rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
fedora-updates-testing.repo  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
rpmfusion-free-rawhide.repo  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
rpmfusion-free.repo

**devils casper** · 09-25-2010

Have you removed # sign before baseurl and mirrorlist lines in Fedora's repo files?
Post the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo and fedora-updates.repo files here.

**ahaider7** · 09-25-2010

Originally Posted by devils casper

Have you removed # sign before baseurl and mirrorlist lines in Fedora's repo files?
Post the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo and fedora-updates.repo files here.

Content of /etc/yum/repos.d/fedora.repo

http :// i56.tinypic. com/11ideyq.png

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What will be the effect of removing the # sign.

**devils casper** · 09-25-2010

Remove # sign before all baseurl lines. # comment out those lines and when you remove it, yum will download correct package list from repository.

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
nano fedora.repo

Edit file and press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.

**ahaider7** · 09-25-2010

Originally Posted by devils casper

Remove # sign before all baseurl lines. # comment out those lines and when you remove it, yum will download correct package list from repository.

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
nano fedora.repo

Edit file and press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.

Thanx man.

I removed the # before baseurl lines and also replaced download.fedoraproject.com with address of my desired mirror.

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