How To Fix "Metadata file does not match checksum" YUM error

# yum install -y ImageMagick-perl
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ImageMagick-perl.i386 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 set to be updated
filelists.xml.gz                                                             | 3.9 MB     00:09
http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/repodata/filelists.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
filelists.xml.gz                                                             | 3.9 MB     00:29
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/dag/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/repodata/filelists.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
filelists.xml.gz                                                             | 3.9 MB     00:12
http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/repodata/filelists.xml.gz: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/filelists.xml.gz from rpmforge: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Run the following commands:

yum clean all
yum makecache
yum update

Then, it should work:

# yum install -y  ImageMagick-perl
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ImageMagick-perl.i386 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

====================================================================================================
 Package                      Arch             Version                       Repository        Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
 ImageMagick-perl             i386             6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1             base             145 k

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 145 k
Downloading Packages:
ImageMagick-perl-6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm                                  | 145 kB     00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : ImageMagick-perl                                                             1/1

Installed:
  ImageMagick-perl.i386 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1

Complete!
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