Repository down/gone?

[Phosphan]

I get a 404 when trying to access http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386/
- same with "testing". Are the files just temporarily unavailable or
are they gone?

[Michael]

The repositories don't allow browsing; you can only access files
directly. Your package manager (apt, yum, etc.) knows how to request
the proper files. It's only a problem if your package manager is
saying it can't connect or can't download files. You can manually
check that the repositories are available by requesting a specific
file, like:

http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386/repodata/repomd.xml

- The Google Linux Repositories Guide

[Phosphan]

Hi Michael,

On May 16, 8:11 pm, Michael wrote:
> The repositories don't allow browsing; you can only access files
> directly. Your package manager (apt, yum, etc.) knows how to request
> the proper files. It's only a problem if your package manager is
> saying it can't connect or can't download files.

Not only then - it is also a problem if you are not using one of these
package managers.
That's why I would like to download the .rpm directly.

> You can manually
> check that the repositories are available by requesting a specific
> file, like:
>
> http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386/repodata/repomd.xml

Thank you very much, I got it now.