Help with the yum lock

Rick Stevens rstevens at internap.com
Thu Feb 21 00:44:01 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 12:49 -0800, TNWestTex wrote:
> ,
> 
> 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.

Typically, /var/run/yum.pid

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