Update error (yum.Errors.Repo.Error)

[Kam Leo]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:03 AM, vinny <vonelli at optonline.net> wrote:
> hello,
> I could not get my update because of this error that keeps on popping up
> it suggested to report it but I don't now how. Any suggestion or
> direction if need to be reported is greatly appreciate. Vinny
>
> 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
> 699, 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)
>

Try "yum clean metadata" or "yum clean all".  If neither works try
using different mirrors.

By the way, I'm not experiencing any difficulties with using yum for updates.