Package Manager and Yum Don't Work
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Mar 16 04:28:12 UTC 2007
Jesse Petre wrote:
> Hello,
> I just installed Fedora, and I'm having a few issues...hopefully someone
> can help. When I go to Add/Remove Programs (package manager) it says that:
> "Another application is running which is accessing software information"
> and then closes. Also, when I try to install something in Yum, it returns:
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.
> Everything is sitting idle, and I'm not running any programs. What's
> going on? This is a fresh install...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jesse
>
It is probably yum-updatesd that is running yum. This is especially
true if you have just booted the system. With a fresh install, it
may take a while before it finishes up, because of all the updates.
Mikkel
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