Correct software update repository

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I am getting errors when attempting to do routine software updates.
What is the correct repository for Leap 15,3
and how do I set the repository name please.
I don’t do this very much.
Thanks in advance,
Error message below.
Bill

Error retrieving repository ‘Main Repository’ metadata …[error]
Repository ‘Main Repository’ is invalid.
[repo-oss|http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
History:

Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Warning: Skipping repository ‘Main Repository’ because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.

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Can you please post the whole input and output (command and output) in one Code-Tag:
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/536143-Using-Code-Tags-Around-Your-Paste

Please do not format anything in the Code-Tag, only copy/paste from terminal to Code-Tag.

Post as root:

zypper -vvv up
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I have the same thing. Output…

**#** zypper -vvv up 
Verbosity: 3 
Initializing Target 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for dvd 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for packman 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Update repository of openSUSE Backports 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Non-OSS Repository 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Main Repository 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml .......[done] 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/media.1/media .............[done] 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/media.1/media .............[done] 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml.asc ...[done] 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml.key ...[done] 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xml .......[done] 
  Repository:       Main Repository 
  Key Fingerprint:  22C0 7BA5 3417 8CD0 2EFE 22AA B88B 2FD4 3DBD C284 
  Key Name:         openSUSE Project Signing Key <opensuse@opensuse.org> 
  Key Algorithm:    RSA 2048 
  Key Created:      Mon May  5 01:37:40 2014 
  Key Expires:      Thu May  2 01:37:40 2024 
  Rpm Name:         gpg-pubkey-3dbdc284-53674dd4 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/repodata/5cfaddbcd4b64[not found] 
Retrieving repository 'Main Repository' metadata ..................................................[error] 
Repository 'Main Repository' is invalid. 
[repo-oss|http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/] Valid metadata not found at speci
fied URL                                                                                                   
History:                                                                                                   
 - File './repodata/5cfaddbcd4b6437ec727951c00dded31563bcfec79aa0c277f7a7018f3c9a4e3-appdata.xml.gz' not f
ound on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/'                             
 - Can't provide ./repodata/5cfaddbcd4b6437ec727951c00dded31563bcfec79aa0c277f7a7018f3c9a4e3-appdata.xml.g
z                                                                                                          
                                                                                                           
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. 
Warning: Skipping repository 'Main Repository' because of the above error. 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/sle/repodata/repomd.xml ..................[done] 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Main Update Repository 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/oss/repodata/repomd.xml ..................[done] 
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Update Repository (Non-Oss) 
Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml ....[done (901 B/s)] 
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error. 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 
Force resolution: No 

The following 10 package updates will NOT be installed: 
  gstreamer-plugins-ugly      
    1.16.3-3.3.1        x86_64  Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 
    SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> 
  gstreamer-plugins-ugly-lang 
    1.16.3-3.3.1        noarch  Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 
    SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> 
  libvlc5                     
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  libvlccore9                 
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc                         
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc-codec-gstreamer         
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc-lang                    
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  noarch  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc-noX                     
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc-qt                      
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 
  vlc-vdpau                   
    3.0.16-bp153.2.3.1  x86_64  Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      
    openSUSE 

The following product update will NOT be installed: 
  openSUSE Leap 15.3  15.3-2  x86_64  Main Update Repository  openSUSE 
Nothing to do.
4

Try directly using a mirror: https://mirrors.opensuse.org/
Example:

sudo sed -i 's/download.opensuse.org/opensuse.c3sl.ufpr.br/g' /etc/zypp/repos.d/repo-*
5

Looks like there’s a serious error with the repos.

I just tried a fresh install of OpenSUSE Leap 15.3. One of the first configuration screens wants to setup the online repositories and returns an error for http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss. Apparently the repodata file is missing. This has been going on since yesterday.

So I suggest the repository maintainers get their act together. I’m using OpenSUSE Leap in production here, and this is a serious PITA.

Cheers,

Niki

PS: here’s a couple screenshots from a fresh Leap 15.3 install. https://twitter.com/microlinux_eu/status/1457602931465801729/photo/1 https://twitter.com/microlinux_eu/status/1457602931465801729/photo/2

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I ran ‘zypper update’ a few minutes ago without experiencing any issues. Use these:

**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper lr -uEP 
#  | Alias                 | Name                                                         | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | URI 
---+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 2 | packman               | packman                                                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   90     | http://ftp.fau.de/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/ 
 4 | repo-backports-update | Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/backports/ 
 9 | repo-non-oss          | Non-OSS Repository                                           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/non-oss/ 
10 | repo-oss              | Haupt-Repository                                             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/repo/oss/ 
12 | repo-sle-update       | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/sle/ 
14 | repo-update           | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository                              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/oss 
15 | repo-update-non-oss   | Aktualisierungs-Repository (Nicht-Open-Source-Software)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.3/non-oss/ 
**Leap-15-3:~ #** 

**Leap-15-3:~ #** zypper update  
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 

The following 95 packages are going to be upgraded:
  MozillaFirefox ... zypper-needs-restarting 

The following product is going to be upgraded:
  openSUSE Leap 15.3  15.3-1 -> 15.3-2 

95 packages to upgrade. 
Overall download size: 0 B. Already cached: 222.1 MiB. After the operation, additional 5.0 MiB will be used. 
**Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): **
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Here’s what you can do.

  1. Download OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 ISO.

  2. Use it to perform a fresh installation of OpenSUSE Leap 15.3.

  3. Confirm default setup for online repositories.

  4. See with your own eyes that the installer returns an error.

Now please fix this.

Here’s a screenshot.

https://www.microlinux.fr/download/repobug.png

Cheers,

Niki

8

When you such a good bug description, pleas file a bug.

9

I followed your advice and filed a corresponding bug here:

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192455

10

Thanks for reporting back with the URL.

Let us wait and see :wink:

11

On next reboot, the internet wouldn’t work. So, I switched from network manager to wicked. Still didn’t work. Switched from wicked to network manager. Didn’t work and rebooted. Internet worked. Received an update called ‘opensuse 15.3’ nothing else. System update seem to work. I’ll need to wait another day to be sure.

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Hi
If you add some verbosity to the update (zypper -vvv up), it should help see more information on your issues.

Is your system set to download delta rpms? If so may want to disable if there are no internet downloads requirements, I noticed this is slow…

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Here I am.>:)Downloaded openSUSE-Leap-15.3-2-NET-x86_64-Build24.5-Media.iso and added repositories without issues described here: 1192455 – Problem with main OSS repository

14

I received an ‘opensuse 15.3 release’ update. Then checked for more updates received two updates, one critical. They were both successful. The zypper command output looks normal, except the ‘following updates will not be installed’. Which doesn’t seem to affect anything.

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NOTE: My motherboard is likely failing. It sometimes will not even get to the boot screen. So, the internet connection will be affected as well.