Dropbox broke my terminal

[dansheets]

I installed Dropbox earlier today, and something has since messed up my terminal. Now when I try to install anything from the terminal, example: GIMP, i get this (minus the spaces in the urls):

[root@MyName MyName]# yum install gimp
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
ht tp://linux. dropbox.com/fedora/15/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : h ttp:// linux.dropbox.com/fedora/15/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
ht tp://linux .dropbox.com/fedora/15/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 - Not Found : ht tp://linux. dropbox.com/fedora/15/repodata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: Dropbox. Please verify its path and try again

I'm just assuming it was Dropbox that broke the terminal because of the URL located in the results from trying to install GIMP. I have since installed GIMP through the Add/Remove Software tool. Any suggestions on a solution to this problem?

[katastrophal]

Dropbox doesn't have an official Fedora 15 repository yet, so yum tries to look for it but doesn't find anything (hence the 404 error).

a workaround is to edit your dropbox.repo file and point it to the Fedora 14 repository until the new one becomes available

(as root!) gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo
look for the line that says: baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/
and comment it out. (add # before the line).

now add a new line with the following: baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/14/
save the file and it should work now.

After F15 has been released just check regularily if the F15 repository became available, delete the line and uncomment the other one.

[Haphaeu]

alternatively, I've just added a line enabled=0 right after the baseurl, which totally disables this repo. after it becomes available, I'll anable it again.

[dansheets]

I've managed to get dropbox installed, but this same problem is coming up with anything I try to install from the terminal. In the code posted above, I've tried to install GIMP, but the terminal tries to find the dropbox repository instead. I have the same problem for anything I try to install from the terminal. Is this also because 15 is not final yet?

I do want to say thanks for explaining your solution in very simple terms. I'm still fairly new and working on figuring out fedora's basic tasks. Sorry for the confusion

[cheesie]

look at the two post: Terminal -->

(as root!) gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/dropbox.repo

and so on

[DokterW]

Move or delete the file: dropbox.repo

I moved the file to /root so I can put it back when Dropbox has a F15 repo.

[AdamW]

Heh, I remember solving this exact problem for someone at LinuxFest NorthWest. I'd recommend reporting it upstream to Dropbox, or else it'll just go on happening any time you use their repo with a pre-release; if they're going to use the yum $releasever macro, they need to make sure they always have a repo present for each currently-possible release.

[dansheets]

Fixed! Thank you all. I now understand what the problem was and why it occured every time I tried to install something. Thanks!