CrackedLCD Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I keep getting messages that there are updates available for my system but every time i try to install the updates, i keep getting an error that the urpmi database is locked BUT I'm not running ANY other app that uses it (ie - installing/removing packages or changing sources). I've tried killall urpmi urpmi.update urpme urpmi.addmedia etc and there aren't any urpmi processes running...what can i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 First of all, make sure it's not being used with ps -e | grep rpm If you have any output from that command, please post it here. If you have no output, then you can do (as root) rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK and rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK that should take care of your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Batson Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I just installed 2008.1 this past weekend and was having a lot of problems with rpmdrake and the database always being locked. I think my problem was the mirror I chose (the 'coffee' mirror) was offline for several days (and it may still be offline). You might try deleting your media sources, then add them back choosing a different mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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