Yum appears when installing: Cannot retrieve Metalink for Repository:epel. Verify its path and try again

There was a problem installing php-mcrypt under CentOS 6.3 x86_64: Error:cannot retrieve Metalink for Repository:epel. Verify its path and try again, you need to install the Epel source.

Solution: A sentence: The/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo, the document 3rd line of comments removed, the fourth line comment out. Specific as follows:

Open the/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and

1. [epel
2. name=extra  packages for  enterprise linux  6 -  $basearch
3. #baseurl =http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
4. mirrorlist=https ://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch= $basearch

Modify to

1. [epel
2. name=extra  packages for  enterprise linux  6 -  $basearch
3. baseurl=http ://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
4. #mirrorlist =https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6& Arch= $basearch

Re-clean source, reinstall

1. Yum Clean All
2. The package that Yum Install-y needs

If not, modify DNS to add it under/etc/resolv.conf:

NameServer 8.8.8.8
Search Localdomain

Then restart the Network Service: Service network restart

Yum appears when installing: Cannot retrieve Metalink for Repository:epel. Verify its path and try again