How to disable the fastmirror yum plugin in CentOS 7 Linux?
The fastestmirror function of yum is provided by the package `yum-plugin-fastestmirror`. However, because `yum` depends on it, the `yum-plugin-fastestmirror` package can not be removed. If you try to remove it, `yum` will report failures like.
# yum remove yum-plugin-fastestmirror Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum-plugin-fastestmirror.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7 will be erased --> Processing Dependency: yum-plugin-fastestmirror for package: yum-3.4.3-161.el7.centos.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum.noarch 0:3.4.3-161.el7.centos will be erased --> Processing Dependency: yum >= 3.4.3-143 for package: yum-utils-1.1.31-50.el7.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum-utils.noarch 0:1.1.31-50.el7 will be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Trying to remove "yum", which is protected
Don’t be panic yet. Although it can not be removed, it can be disabled. The fastedmirror plugin function can be controlled by the configuration file at
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
One example is as follows.
[main] enabled=1 verbose=0 always_print_best_host = true socket_timeout=3 # Relative paths are relative to the cachedir (and so works for users as well # as root). hostfilepath=timedhosts.txt maxhostfileage=10 maxthreads=15 #exclude=.gov, facebook #include_only=.nl,.de,.uk,.ie
The enabled option controls whether the plugin is enabled. To disable it, just replace the line
enabled=1
to
enabled=1
Then the fastestmirror plugin will be disabled.
