解决：Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again

1.安装epel的yum源，命令是：yum install epel-release -y  有的时候出现了问题：Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again    有可能是网络导致的  下载不完整   错误如下：

2.解决办法：输入命令键 vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo   进入编辑页面   将文件第3行注释去掉，把第四行注释掉  如下：

[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
修为如下：

[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch
baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
#mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
3.再清理源，重新安装   执行命令：yum clean all

4.然后继续重新安装  命令： yum install epel-release -y

5.最后再执行别的命令发现已不再报刚才那个错误了   说明问题已解决 如图：

6.本人以上方法已解决问题   如果以上还是不行，修改DNS,到/etc/resolv.conf下添加如下：

nameserver 8.8.8.8
search localdomain
7.最后再重启network服务：service network restart