As of July 1, 2024, CentOS 7 has officially reached its end of life (EOL). This milestone means that the CentOS team has moved the official repositories to an archive at vault.centos.org. As a result, users may experience issues when trying to update or install packages using yum.
If you encounter errors related to repository access, you can easily resolve this problem by modifying the repository configuration files. Follow the steps below to redirect your system to the archived repositories:
Step-by-Step Fix
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Open your terminal.
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Execute the following commands to update the repository URLs:
sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*
Explanation of the Commands
- The first command comments out the existing
mirrorlistline in all CentOS repository files, effectively disabling it. - The second command updates the
baseurlto point to the new location atvault.centos.org, ensuring that your system pulls updates from the archived repositories.
Conclusion
Once you've run these commands, you should be able to use yum to update your CentOS 7 system as usual. This simple fix ensures that you can continue using CentOS 7 for as long as you need, even after its official support period has ended.
For any further updates or support, consider transitioning to a newer version of CentOS or an alternative distribution like AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux.
