Help with the yum lock

TNWestTex mcforum at bellsouth.net
Wed Feb 20 20:49:29 UTC 2008


,

Wayne Smith-3 wrote:
> 
> I can't get around the yum lock. Every time I turn on my computer, I 
> can't get into the package manager or install any new packages.
> 
> It's not yum updates, I've already tried that. I need to be able to 
> install packages. Is there a way around yum lock or a way to disable 
> it???????
> 
A failed update, power glitch, etc. can leave a lock.  It can be deleted
from /var/lock/subsys as root.  It has been a while since I had to do that
so I don't remember the exact file name, but I think it is easy to note.

Robert McBroom
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