I am getting errors when I try to install any package on my RHEL 5.3 linux box. I've previously installed mc(midnight commander) using yum but recently it started failing.

How can I fix it ?

thank you,

I've inserted a log of a session below.

[root@anjanb ~]# yum install multitail
Repository engineering-update is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository engineering-install is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository emergency-update is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository emergency-install is listed more than once in the configuration
emergency-install                                        |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  215 B     00:00
emergency-desktop-update                                 |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  222 B     00:00
emergency-desktop-install                                |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  223 B     00:00
emergency-engineering-update                             |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  226 B     00:00
emergency-engineering-install                            |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  227 B     00:00
engineering-install                                      |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  157 B     00:00
engineering-update                                       | 1.1 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           | 6.3 kB     00:00
engineering-update                                             41/41
desktop-install                                          |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  157 B     00:00
workstation                                              | 1.3 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           | 265 kB     00:00
workstation                                                    1205/1205
base                                                     | 1.3 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           | 614 kB     00:00
base                                                           1953/1953
desktop-update                                           | 1.1 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  36 kB     00:00
desktop-update                                                 142/142
cisco-linux-common                                       | 1.1 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           | 5.3 kB     00:00
cisco-linux-common                                             18/18
vt                                                       | 1.3 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           | 8.8 kB     00:00
vt                                                             40/40
emergency-update                                         | 1.1 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  82 kB     00:00
emergency-update                                               190/190
cisco-linux-desktop                                      | 1.1 kB     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  18 kB     00:00
cisco-linux-desktop                                            62/62
adobe-linux-i386                                         |  951 B     00:00
primary.xml.gz                                           |  12 kB     00:00
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Me                                           tadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
primary.xml.gz                                           |  12 kB     00:00
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Me                                           tadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from adobe-linux-i386: [Errno 256] No mo                                           re mirrors to try.
[root@anjanb ~]#
[root@anjanb ~]#
[root@anjanb ~]# yum install multitail
Repository engineering-update is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository engineering-install is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository emergency-update is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository emergency-install is listed more than once in the configuration
primary.xml.gz                                                                                      |  12 kB     00:00
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from adobe-linux-i386: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
[root@anjanb ~]#
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That can't really be fixed, unless it's a network issue (try opening the URL in a browser). Pass --disablerepo=adobe-linux-i386 to yum to disable the repo temporarily.

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thank you. can't I point my yum at different repositories ? – anjanbacchu Jun 16 '11 at 10:33
Adobe only has one location for their repository. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jun 16 '11 at 10:33
but why do I need to go to adobe for my packages ? – anjanbacchu Jun 16 '11 at 10:40
Because presumably at some point someone wanted Flash on the system. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jun 16 '11 at 10:40
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The below command line might help:

yum clean all && yum makecache && yum update
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true, but the error doesn't look like a non-reachable repo server. refer: plone.lucidsolutions.co.nz/linux/rpm/… – dds-tape Jun 16 '11 at 11:14
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