hbons/SparkleShare — Issue #586: Fedora repository is down
Author: Jewelfox
Created: 2012-02-27 23:09:31+00:00
State: open

PROBLEM

Installing on Fedora using the instructions given for Alex Hudson's repository at http://sparkleshare.org/linux-downloads/ did not work on Monday, February 27 2012, as of about 6 PM.

HOW TO REPRODUCE

1. Open a terminal on a Fedora system that doesn't have Sparkleshare installed.
2. Type "su"
3. Type "curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/sparkleshare.repo http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/alexh/sparkleshare/fedora-sparkleshare.repo"
4. Type "yum install sparkleshare"

EXPECTED RESULTS

"yum install sparkleshare" will install SparkleShare.

ACTUAL RESULTS

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/alexh/sparkleshare/fedora-16/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/alexh/sparkleshare/fedora-16/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/alexh/sparkleshare/fedora-16/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/alexh/sparkleshare/fedora-16/i386/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Setting up Install Process
No package sparkleshare available.
Error: Nothing to do