Please add a fedora 29 repo

[jammy]

Fedora 29 has been released. Please add a repo: ​http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/

[Michael Thayer]

See #comment:ticket:18113:5.

[iosvanigch]

Hello.

I configured this repo file named "virtualbox.repo" which is posted in this URL: "​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo" in my Laptop (OS--> Fedora29 x86_64) within this path: "/etc/yum.repos.d/" and after that, I executed "sudo dnf update" and this error occurred: "Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'virtualbox', ignoring this repo."

So, I started to investigate the source of this problem, and I found this "path misconfiguration" within Virtualbox repo.

First, when I went to this URL: ​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/ I saw this:

Index of /virtualbox/rpm/fedora

Name Last modified Size Parent Directory 16/ 04-Nov-2011 17:05 - 17/ 02-Apr-2012 19:42 - 18/ 19-Dec-2012 19:37 - 19/ 19-Dec-2012 19:37 - 20/ 19-Dec-2012 19:37 - 21/ 19-Dec-2012 19:37 - 22/ 29-May-2015 11:24 - 23/ 29-May-2015 11:24 - 24/ 18-Apr-2016 20:18 - 25/ 21-Nov-2016 21:15 - 26/ 21-Nov-2016 21:15 - 27/ 21-Nov-2016 21:15 - 28/ 21-Nov-2016 21:15 - virtualbox.repo 30-Sep-2015 16:43 241

download.virtualbox.org

So, in my case, I went to this link "28/", and I found this new path: ​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/28/ And I saw this as well:

Index of /virtualbox/rpm/fedora/26

Name Last modified Size Parent Directory 28/ 31-Oct-2018 18:24 - i386/ 09-Nov-2018 11:48 - i486/ 09-Nov-2018 11:48 - i586/ 09-Nov-2018 11:48 - i686/ 09-Nov-2018 11:48 - x86_64/ 09-Nov-2018 11:48 -

download.virtualbox.org

Now watch how in the links list suddenly appear the link "28/" repeated (You can visit the repeated link, but you won't find anything there), and the current path is this one: ​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/28/

Then I went to the link "x86_64/" and watch what happened with the URL or path:

​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/26/x86_64/

As you can see, the URL or path changed from "28" to "26". And you will see this content:

Index of /virtualbox/rpm/fedora/26/x86_64

Name Last modified Size Parent Directory repodata/ 09-Nov-2018 12:44 - VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.28_117968_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.30_118389_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.32_120294_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.34_121010_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.36_122089_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.1-5.1.38_122592_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.0_118431_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 71M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.10_122088_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.12_122591_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.16_123759_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.18_124319_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.20_125813_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.22_126460_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 09-Nov-2018 11:56 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.2_119230_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 71M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.4_119785_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 70M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.6_120293_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm 24-Oct-2018 11:23 69M

download.virtualbox.org

Back to my repo file: "virtualbox.repo" I edited it and works ok. This is the content:

[virtualbox] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox baseurl=​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/26/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 repo_gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc

I executed the command "sudo dnf update", this was the output:

[iogarchi@lisi Downloads]$ sudo dnf update [sudo] password for iogarchi: Fedora 29 - x86_64 - VirtualBox 63 B/s | 181 B 00:02 Fedora 29 - x86_64 - VirtualBox 1.3 kB/s | 1.7 kB 00:01 Importing GPG key 0x98AB5139:

Userid : "Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@…>" Fingerprint: 7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925 D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139 From : https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc

Is this ok [y/N]: y Fedora 29 - x86_64 - VirtualBox 21 kB/s | 85 kB 00:04 Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Sat 08 Dec 2018 03:53:48 PM CST. Dependencies resolved. Nothing to do. Complete! Then I executed the next command: "sudo dnf install VirtualBox", this was the output:

[iogarchi@lisi Downloads]$ sudo dnf install VirtualBox Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:17 ago on Sat 08 Dec 2018 03:53:48 PM CST. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================

Package Arch Version Repository Size

================================================================================ Installing:

VirtualBox x86_64 5.2.22-1.fc29 rpmfusion-free-updates 7.9 M

Installing dependencies:

akmods noarch 0.5.6-17.fc29 updates 22 k elfutils-libelf-devel x86_64 0.174-5.fc29 updates 23 k kernel-devel x86_64 4.19.6-300.fc29 updates 13 M kmodtool noarch 1-31.fc29 updates 13 k patch x86_64 2.7.6-8.fc29 updates 123 k rpm-build x86_64 4.14.2.1-2.fc29 updates 113 k rpmdevtools noarch 8.10-7.fc29 updates 91 k annobin x86_64 8.23-1.fc29 fedora 122 k dwz x86_64 0.12-9.fc29 fedora 105 k efi-srpm-macros noarch 3-3.fc29 fedora 21 k fakeroot x86_64 1.23-1.fc29 fedora

...

redhat-rpm-config noarch 118-1.fc29 fedora 58 k

rust-srpm-macros noarch 6-1.fc29 fedora 8.4 k xemacs-filesystem noarch 21.5.34-30.20171230hg92757c2b8239.fc29

fedora 10 k

zlib-devel x86_64 1.2.11-14.fc29 fedora 46 k zstd x86_64 1.3.6-1.fc29 fedora 343 k akmod-VirtualBox x86_64 5.2.22-1.fc29 rpmfusion-free-updates 45 k VirtualBox-kmodsrc noarch 5.2.22-1.fc29 rpmfusion-free-updates 774 k VirtualBox-server x86_64 5.2.22-1.fc29 rpmfusion-free-updates 15 M

Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 31 Packages

Total download size: 37 M Installed size: 120 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/31): akmods-0.5.6-17.fc29.noarch.rpm 17 kB/s | 22 kB 00:01 (2/31): elfutils-libelf-devel-0.174-5.fc29.x86_ 17 kB/s | 23 kB 00:01 (3/31): kmodtool-1-31.fc29.noarch.rpm 180 kB/s | 13 kB 00:00 (4/31): patch-2.7.6-8.fc29.x86_64.rpm

...

29/31): kernel-devel-4.19.6-300.fc29.x86_64.rp 2.2 MB/s | 13 MB 00:05 (30/31): VirtualBox-server-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 2.2 MB/s | 15 MB 00:06 (31/31): VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64.rpm 894 kB/s | 7.9 MB 00:09

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Total 2.3 MB/s | 37 MB 00:16 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction

Preparing : 1/1 Installing : kmodtool-1-31.fc29.noarch 1/31 Installing : VirtualBox-kmodsrc-5.2.22-1.fc29.noarch 2/31 Installing : zstd-1.3.6-1.fc29.x86_64 3/31 Installing : zlib-devel-1.2.11-14.fc29.x86_64 4/31 Installing : elfutils-libelf-devel-0.174-5.fc29.x86_64 5/31 Installing : xemacs-filesystem-21.5.34-30.20171230hg92757c2b823 6/31 Installing : rust-srpm-macros-6-1.fc29.noarch 7/31 Installing : qt5-srpm-macros-5.11.1-4.fc29.noarch 8/31 Installing : python-srpm-macros-3-37.fc29.noarch 9/31 Installing : perl-srpm-macros-1-28.fc29.noarch 10/31 Installing

...

Installing : VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 31/31

Running scriptlet: VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 31/31 Running scriptlet: akmod-VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 31/31 Running scriptlet: VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 31/31 Verifying : akmods-0.5.6-17.fc29.noarch 1/31 Verifying : elfutils-libelf-devel-0.174-5.fc29.x86_64 2/31 Verifying : kernel-devel-4.19.6-300.fc29.x86_64 3/31 Verifying : kmodtool-1-31.fc29.noarch 4/31 Verifying : patch-2.7.6-8.fc29.x86_64 5/31 Verifying : rpm-build-4.14.2.1-2.fc29.x86_64 6/31 Verifying : rpmdevtools-8.10-7.fc29.noarch 7/31 Verifying : annobin-8.23-1.fc29.x86_64 8/31 Verifying : dwz-0.12-9.fc29.x86_64 9/31 Verifying : efi-srpm-macros-3-3.fc29.noarch 10/31 Verifying : fakeroot-1.23-1.fc29.x86_64 11/31 Verifying : fakeroot-libs-1.23-1.fc29.x86_64 12/31 Verifying : fpc-srpm-mac

...

Verifying : VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 29/31

Verifying : VirtualBox-kmodsrc-5.2.22-1.fc29.noarch 30/31 Verifying : VirtualBox-server-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 31/31

Installed:

VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 akmods-0.5.6-17.fc29.noarch elfutils-libelf-devel-0.174-5.fc29.x86_64 kernel-devel-4.19.6-300.fc29.x86_64 kmodtool-1-31.fc29.noarch patch-2.7.6-8.fc29.x86_64 rpm-build-4.14.2.1-2.fc29.x86_64 rpmdevtools-8.10-7.fc29.noarch annobin-8.23-1.fc29.x86_64 dwz-0.12-9.fc29.x86_64

...

xemacs-filesystem-21.5.34-30.20171230hg92757c2b8239.fc29.noarch

zlib-devel-1.2.11-14.fc29.x86_64 zstd-1.3.6-1.fc29.x86_64 akmod-VirtualBox-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64 VirtualBox-kmodsrc-5.2.22-1.fc29.noarch VirtualBox-server-5.2.22-1.fc29.x86_64

Complete! [iogarchi@lisi Downloads]$

Well, as you can see it. Everything went well.

I hope this problem is solved quickly.