Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again
解决办法：
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
编辑[epel]下的baseurl前的#号去掉，mirrorlist前添加#号。正确配置如下：
[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 failovermethod=priority enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
再运行
yum makecache
原文：http://19851225.blog.51cto.com/1088033/1575108