installing Samba in Fedora

jskfan
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I m trying to install Samba using yum -y install command, but I get this error:
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora.


any help?

thanks
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jskfan

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I realized I am using Fedora in VMworkstation, so Fedora is not connected to internet.
how can I make Fedora connect to internet going through mylaptop (windows 7)
Thomas GrassiSystems Administrator
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try this

yum clean all

yum info kernel

or this

yum clean all
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

then try your install again
jskfan

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trgrassijr55

I tried that, but when I try to install i will give me the same errors. I wonder if I have to be connected to internet or not
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Yes you must be connected to the internet for yum to work unless you have your yum configured to point to a local repository. By default it use the internet.
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