http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 403"

Error Message:-

http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 403"

About RPMForge:-

    RPMforge (now called Repoforge) is a repository of software packages for Redhat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives like CentOS and Scientific Linux. It provides many packages in the rpm package format to these distributions.

    RPMforge also had many  RPM packages available for old products like Red  Hat 8 after these products were no longer supported by their vendors. You can still use them with package Management products like apt-get, yum as up2date does not work anymore due to expired SSL keys.

Solution:-

 To resolve above error message please refer the following steps.

  We need to modify in two main file.

  1)/etc/yum.repose.d/rpmforge.

     Before modify file details are as follows:-

     ### Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for RHEL 5 - dag

### URL: http://rpmforge.net/

[rpmforge]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/rpmforge

mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge

#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge

enabled = 1

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-extras]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - extras

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/extras

mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge-extras

#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-extras

enabled = 0

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-testing]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - testing

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/testing

mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge-testing

#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-testing

enabled = 0

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

After Modify in same file:-

### Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for RHEL 5 - dag

### URL: http://rpmforge.net/

[rpmforge]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/rpmforge

#mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge

mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge

enabled = 1

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-extras]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - extras

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/extras

mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge-extras

#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-extras

enabled = 0

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-testing]

name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - testing

baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$basearch/testing

mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/mirrors-rpmforge-testing

#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-testing

enabled = 0

protect = 0

gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

gpgcheck = 1

2) /etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge

    Add following lines:-

  

pt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/dag.wieers/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://ftp2.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#identical#http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

http://ftpstud.fhtesslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/pub/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outdated#http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

#outofsync#http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/$ARCH/rpmforge

****After   modification in above two file, you can try to install any type packages by using yum.****