Solve centos6 Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository

When installing the webmin panel, the installation error prompt is displayed at the end. Then, when the source is updated, it is found that
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Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again

The main problem is that the source file is faulty. The solution is as follows:

Solution

First edit the file
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Vim/etc/yum. repos. d/epel. repo
Set

[Epel]
Name = Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6-$ basearch
# Baseurl = http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/?basearch
Using list = https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink? Epel-6 & arch = $ basearch
Change

[Epel]
Name = Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6-$ basearch
Baseurl = http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/?basearch
# Items list = https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink? Epel-6 & arch = $ basearch
Finally, clean up the source

Yum clean all

Alternative solutions

In some cases, the default DNS server is 127.0.0.1. We can update the DNS Service to solve the problem.

Direct modification

Vi/etc/resolv. conf

Change to GOOGLE DNS

Nameserver 8.8.4.4
Nameserver 8.8.8.8

If the problem persists, restart the network.

/Etc/init. d/networking restart