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Unable to update Plesk/Install components: Unable to create yum cache for '*epel' OS repository.

Anton Kuznetsov
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical

Symptoms

  • The following error message is displayed in Plesk installer during installation/update:

    PLESK_WARN: Enabled repositories check
    Unable to create yum cache for '*epel' OS repository.
    Make sure the repository is available, otherwise either disable it or fix its configuration, then try again.

  • Epel repository is set up correctly

Cause

Corrupted yum cache

Resolution

  1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.
  2. Back up the current cache:

    # mv /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/ /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7_back

  3. Clean the cache:

    # yum clean all

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    Tobias Lorenz

    This dosen't fix the problem. Same issue as before.

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    Anton Kuznetsov

    Hello Tobias, 

    It is possible for this error to be false positively reported on CentOS 7 systems due to bug PPPM-13946. It is safe to ignore it in that case.

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