yum update failed in RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) server 5.5 with EPEL repo added:
[root@server ~]# yum update Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security Skipping security plugin, no data Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies Skipping security plugin, no data --> Running transaction check ---> Package cups.x86_64 1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8 set to be updated ---> Package cups-libs.i386 1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8 set to be updated ---> Package cups-libs.x86_64 1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8 set to be updated ---> Package pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated ---> Package pam.x86_64 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated ---> Package pam-devel.i386 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated ---> Package pam-devel.x86_64 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated ---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.2.22-26.el5_5.1 set to be updated http://mirror01.idc.hinet.net/EPEL/5/x86_64/repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://mirror.yandex.ru/epel/5/x86_64/repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/epel/5/x86_64/repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://sulawesi.idrepo.or.id/epel/5/x86_64/repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. Error: failure: repodata/b205b049dc386d8d09316372f16b4371cef514bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from epel: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Fixed with:
yum clean metadata yum clean dbcache yum update