kslinux Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hi, I have been using kubuntu for over a year. Release 9.04 had too many problems for me. So, I've switched to Mandriva Power Pack 2010. I did a completely new install of Mandriva onto my Sony Vaio laptop. I also have a Windows partition. I've tried loading pdfedit using the "Install & Remove Software" routine. I get the following error --- "Installation failed. There was a problem during the installation: rpm database is locked, process 1249 is already using it (/usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/urpmi --gui-- allow-medium-change --auto-- no verify-pm --expect-install imwheel)" I have no clue what the above is telling me except that it won't install pdfedit. Please help. I'm still a newbie when it comes to using commands. If you wish me to run commands, please help me by being specific. Assume I know nothing. Thanks for the help and feedback! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Try this from the command line: su [root password] kill -9 1249 rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kslinux Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 You're welcome. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Just be careful with pdfedit. It's excessively buggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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