Unable to access Oracle rpm repository for Fedora

[YinYang]

Hi,

using the report file at : https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... albox.repo

I'm getting :
racle Linux / RHEL / CentOS-36 / x86_64 - VirtualBox 23 kB/s | 6.9 kB 00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'virtualbox':
- Status code: 404 for http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... repomd.xml (IP: 184.24.68.85)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'virtualbox': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

When acessing with browser :
"


We're sorry, the page you requested was not found.

We have recorded this error (404) to help us fix the problem.
You may wish to try again using one of the tools below.
"

Seems it is NOT considering fedora distribuitions, although the site ( download.oracle.org ) does have a working link/repo : http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/

Thank you.

[scottgus1]

I've no idea how to fix this, I'm no Linux guru. But when I go to "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el/" there is no "36" subfolder. Maybe there's a problem in the server code that generates those links? Or could it be you're linking to the wrong repository? As you point out, there is a Fedora 36 folder link, and there is a direct Fedora 36 download at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads.

For example the Fedora 36 "repomd.xml" can be found here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... repomd.xml

[YinYang]

True, but better would be to have a .repo file :
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora-$releasever
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... /$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc

Could not find an option/variable to replace [ el|fedora ] depending on the system, so unless someone knows the correct variable, a Fedora dedicated .repo file seems to be the best option.

Will the team use it and make it available to general public ?

[klaus]

The original issue is a user error, when manually creating a .repo file not matching the repository organization. There is one repo for EL (with a symlink so that rhel also works), and a separate for Fedora and another one for OpenSUSE.

The repository files are publicly available for 5+ years:

• EL: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... albox.repo
• Fedora: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... albox.repo
• OpenSUSE: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... albox.repo

Those are all referenced at the bottom of the VirtualBox Linux Downloads page. So there should be little reason to invent your own.

[YinYang]

I stand corrected, correct user error, missed the Fedora repo.

Sorry for any incovenience.