kslinux 0 Report post 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spinynorman 0 Report post 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kslinux 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2009 Thanks for the help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spinynorman 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2009 You're welcome. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarecrow 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2009 Just be careful with pdfedit. It's excessively buggy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
