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(Fedora 42) dnf update fails with 404 error
Application Affected
linux client
Device
Fedora 42 qubes vm
Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
Fedora 42
Dropbox App Version (if using the app)
nautilus-dropbox.x86_64 2025.05.20-1.fc42 @commandlineQuestion or Issue
dnf update is not working. It's giving me a 404 error from a dropbox url. As you can see in the error message, it is trying to download a fc43 rpm even though it is in a fedora 42 location, and even though I have fc42 installed. It confuses me why it would try to get a rpm for a different OS, and if that's what my problem is, I still have no idea how to fix it. Please help, my system software is 2 weeks out of date.
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>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: 127.0.0.1) - http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm >
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: 127.0.0.1) - http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm >
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: 127.0.0.1) - http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm >
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: 127.0.0.1) - http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm >
>>> No more mirrors to try - All mirrors were already tried without success >
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>>> Interrupted >
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Failed to download packages
Librepo error: Cannot download x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm: All mirrors were tried
5 Replies
Starting with Fedora version 37, update packages don't work, most likely due to a change in the Dropbox repository structure.
Here's an example:
https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/36/x86_64/ - OK (There are two supported architectures: i386 and x86_64)
Starting with version 37, https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/37/ No supported architectures, only repodata.
For DNF/Yum, the presence of arch is mandatory and cannot be overridden with variables. Updating doesn't work with Fedora version 37; only initial installations.
As a result, dnf looks for files in http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm where they don't exist and gets a 404 error.
This is similarly happening for me with a clean Fedora 43 installation, so it does not seem to be 42-specific.
dvryltsov : for 42 specifically, there is an architecture directory. There is only a repomd for 43. For both, most of the files in repomd return 404, however.
For the time being, I was able to work around the problem by manually downloading and installing the fc43 rpm that is, for some reason, in https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/42/x86_64/ .
manually installing the latest version fixed things for me
