‘m running the command yum update -y and getting the following error:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 523.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…
The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Feb 9 08:19:02 2010 – 14 day(s) 11:47:39 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 523
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…
The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Feb 9 08:19:02 2010 – 14 day(s) 11:47:41 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 523
How do I fix this problem?
Run the following command to find out process associated with yum command:
# ps aux | grep -i yum
Sample outputs:
root 523 0.0 0.7 27128 14624 ? SN Feb09 0:00 /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/libexec/yum-updatesd-helper --check --email --email-from=vivek@nixcraft.net.in --email-to=vivek@nixcraft.net.in --smtp-server=localhost:25 --sendmail root 2875 0.0 0.5 26456 10620 ? SN Jan23 0:00 /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd root 25840 0.0 0.6 24224 12800 ? Ss 11:58 0:14 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update -y root 26665 0.1 0.6 24228 12784 ? Ss 20:02 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update -y root 26785 0.0 0.0 4128 608 pts/0 S+ 20:06 0:00 grep yum
Kill PID 523, 25840, and 26665:
# kill -9 523
# killall -9 yum
Now run the following:
# yum update -y
Make sure you start yum-updatesd:
# /etc/init.d/yum-updatesd start