dnf and yum: can not find package

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I'm new to fedora and its package managers. I had no problem installing any package with dnf or yum but after a while, with these commands:

sudo -c 'yum(or dnf) install [package name]'

sudo yum(or dnf) install [package name]

i get this error:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:34 ago on Thu 05 Jul 2018 12:27:36 AM +0430.

No match for argument: [package name]

Error: Unable to find a match

i get with every package i try to install. any solution?

edited Jul 4 at 20:28

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

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what repositories do you have enabled? is it a package from epel?
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:24

@thebtm i don't know.i haven't touch anything but i'm sure the packages are available.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 4 at 20:27

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:34

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up vote
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favorite

I'm new to fedora and its package managers. I had no problem installing any package with dnf or yum but after a while, with these commands:

sudo -c 'yum(or dnf) install [package name]'

sudo yum(or dnf) install [package name]

i get this error:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:34 ago on Thu 05 Jul 2018 12:27:36 AM +0430.

No match for argument: [package name]

Error: Unable to find a match

i get with every package i try to install. any solution?

edited Jul 4 at 20:28

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

what repositories do you have enabled? is it a package from epel?
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:24

@thebtm i don't know.i haven't touch anything but i'm sure the packages are available.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 4 at 20:27

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:34

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
2
down vote

favorite

I'm new to fedora and its package managers. I had no problem installing any package with dnf or yum but after a while, with these commands:

sudo -c 'yum(or dnf) install [package name]'

sudo yum(or dnf) install [package name]

i get this error:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:34 ago on Thu 05 Jul 2018 12:27:36 AM +0430.

No match for argument: [package name]

Error: Unable to find a match

i get with every package i try to install. any solution?

edited Jul 4 at 20:28

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

I'm new to fedora and its package managers. I had no problem installing any package with dnf or yum but after a while, with these commands:

sudo -c 'yum(or dnf) install [package name]'

sudo yum(or dnf) install [package name]

i get this error:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:34 ago on Thu 05 Jul 2018 12:27:36 AM +0430.

No match for argument: [package name]

Error: Unable to find a match

i get with every package i try to install. any solution?

edited Jul 4 at 20:28

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

edited Jul 4 at 20:28

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

asked Jul 4 at 20:19

Faramarz

205

what repositories do you have enabled? is it a package from epel?
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:24

@thebtm i don't know.i haven't touch anything but i'm sure the packages are available.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 4 at 20:27

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:34

add a commentÂ |Â

what repositories do you have enabled? is it a package from epel?
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:24

@thebtm i don't know.i haven't touch anything but i'm sure the packages are available.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 4 at 20:27

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:34

what repositories do you have enabled? is it a package from epel?
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:24

@thebtm i don't know.i haven't touch anything but i'm sure the packages are available.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 4 at 20:27

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.
â€“Â thebtm
Jul 4 at 20:34

add a commentÂ |Â

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yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.

A good way to find out is to google search the package your looking for to get an idea of repository you need to have setup or install.

A lot of repositories do have a RPM file that will install the repository for your or a "how to" for adding the repository.

Examples below

Red Hat has made the documentation free to read
9.5.2. Setting [repository] Options

IUS repo setup
IUS Getting Started

yum repolist example:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca
 * extras: mirror.it.ubc.ca
 * updates: centos.mirror.rafal.ca
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
(1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz | 166 kB 00:00:00 
(2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 150 kB 00:00:00 
(3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:00 
(4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:00:01 
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9911
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 314
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 946
repolist: 11171

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

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1
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Have you tried yum search packageName ?

I have seen similar behavior from two other causes, DNS is not working or the cache is corrupted.

On that machine can you ping a host by name? i.e. ping google.com ?

If that works, try a yum clean all and then try to install your package when it is done.

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

add a commentÂ |Â

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yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.

A good way to find out is to google search the package your looking for to get an idea of repository you need to have setup or install.

A lot of repositories do have a RPM file that will install the repository for your or a "how to" for adding the repository.

Examples below

Red Hat has made the documentation free to read
9.5.2. Setting [repository] Options

IUS repo setup
IUS Getting Started

yum repolist example:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca
 * extras: mirror.it.ubc.ca
 * updates: centos.mirror.rafal.ca
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
(1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz | 166 kB 00:00:00 
(2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 150 kB 00:00:00 
(3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:00 
(4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:00:01 
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9911
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 314
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 946
repolist: 11171

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

550311

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

accepted

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.

A good way to find out is to google search the package your looking for to get an idea of repository you need to have setup or install.

A lot of repositories do have a RPM file that will install the repository for your or a "how to" for adding the repository.

Examples below

Red Hat has made the documentation free to read
9.5.2. Setting [repository] Options

IUS repo setup
IUS Getting Started

yum repolist example:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca
 * extras: mirror.it.ubc.ca
 * updates: centos.mirror.rafal.ca
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
(1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz | 166 kB 00:00:00 
(2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 150 kB 00:00:00 
(3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:00 
(4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:00:01 
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9911
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 314
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 946
repolist: 11171

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

550311

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

accepted

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.

A good way to find out is to google search the package your looking for to get an idea of repository you need to have setup or install.

A lot of repositories do have a RPM file that will install the repository for your or a "how to" for adding the repository.

Examples below

Red Hat has made the documentation free to read
9.5.2. Setting [repository] Options

IUS repo setup
IUS Getting Started

yum repolist example:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca
 * extras: mirror.it.ubc.ca
 * updates: centos.mirror.rafal.ca
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
(1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz | 166 kB 00:00:00 
(2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 150 kB 00:00:00 
(3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:00 
(4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:00:01 
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9911
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 314
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 946
repolist: 11171

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

550311

yum repolist will display the active repo list, I suspect the packages your looking for are not in the base/update/extras repositories and you may need to add additional repositories.

A good way to find out is to google search the package your looking for to get an idea of repository you need to have setup or install.

A lot of repositories do have a RPM file that will install the repository for your or a "how to" for adding the repository.

Examples below

Red Hat has made the documentation free to read
9.5.2. Setting [repository] Options

IUS repo setup
IUS Getting Started

yum repolist example:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.its.sfu.ca
 * extras: mirror.it.ubc.ca
 * updates: centos.mirror.rafal.ca
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 
(1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz | 166 kB 00:00:00 
(2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 150 kB 00:00:00 
(3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 3.6 MB 00:00:00 
(4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:00:01 
repo id repo name status
base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 9911
extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 314
updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 946
repolist: 11171

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

550311

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

550311

answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

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answered Jul 4 at 20:48

thebtm

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up vote
1
down vote

Have you tried yum search packageName ?

I have seen similar behavior from two other causes, DNS is not working or the cache is corrupted.

On that machine can you ping a host by name? i.e. ping google.com ?

If that works, try a yum clean all and then try to install your package when it is done.

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

Have you tried yum search packageName ?

I have seen similar behavior from two other causes, DNS is not working or the cache is corrupted.

On that machine can you ping a host by name? i.e. ping google.com ?

If that works, try a yum clean all and then try to install your package when it is done.

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
1
down vote

Have you tried yum search packageName ?

I have seen similar behavior from two other causes, DNS is not working or the cache is corrupted.

On that machine can you ping a host by name? i.e. ping google.com ?

If that works, try a yum clean all and then try to install your package when it is done.

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

Have you tried yum search packageName ?

I have seen similar behavior from two other causes, DNS is not working or the cache is corrupted.

On that machine can you ping a host by name? i.e. ping google.com ?

If that works, try a yum clean all and then try to install your package when it is done.

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

answered Jul 4 at 21:35

Joe M

5964

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

add a commentÂ |Â

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

yes, actually i didn't know fedoras repositories does not support some packages which ubuntu does. searched and found that there's a RPM Fusion which support those packages (like MPV or Mocp) and need to be installed.
â€“Â Faramarz
Jul 5 at 9:36

add a commentÂ |Â

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