On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:44:24AM -0500, Chris wrote: > I had to do an upgrade, not an update to get the new version. > > yum --releasever=6x upgrade
I too had problems using "update". I got: # yum --releasever=63 update Loaded plugins: security http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404" Trying other mirror. http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404" Trying other mirror. http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'ftp2.scientificlinux.org'" Trying other mirror. ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/63/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 9 - "Server denied you to change to the given directory" Trying other mirror. Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: sl. Please verify its path and try again I reverted to the old method: # rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/os/Packages/yum-conf-sl6x-1-2.noarch.rpm Retrieving ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.3/i386/os/Packages/yum-conf-sl6x-1-2.noarch.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:yum-conf-sl6x ########################################### [100%] # yum update yum ... # yum update ... Jon
