how to release yum from any process

pradeep 1991 · 10-30-2012, 12:48 PM

i installed fedora 16 and started to compile a c program but gcc was not installed ,so i tried these commands
1)su <password>
2)yum install gcc

the output was
ANOTHER APP IS CURRENTLY HOLDING THE YUM LOCK;WAITING FOR IT TO EXIT
PID:1973

i tried to kill this process but could not meet with success.please help me.

TB0ne · 10-30-2012, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pradeep 1991

i installed fedora 16 and started to compile a c program but gcc was not installed ,so i tried these commands
1)su <password>
2)yum install gcc

the output was
ANOTHER APP IS CURRENTLY HOLDING THE YUM LOCK;WAITING FOR IT TO EXIT
PID:1973

i tried to kill this process but could not meet with success.please help me.

It is probably just the automatic update...if you just wait, it'll complete and exit. And just saying "could not meet with success", tells us nothing. And did you try to kill the PID with a "sudo kill -9 <PID>", or just type in "kill <PID>"

John VV · 10-30-2012, 09:14 PM

that is auto update

and if you JUST installed the older fedora 16 ( fedora 17 is current)
then auto update will want to install ?? about?? 3 gigs of updates
-- be warned support for 16 ENDS this January --

so
the default of looking for updates at boot
WILL take a bit of time

boot up
wait about 15 min. to 30 min.
run ( DO NOT forget the "blank space" then the DASH )

Code:

su - 
yum update

say yes ,and wait
depending on just HOW much is about to be installed and your connection
wait 2 hours
or 12 hours for the update to finish
then reboot

then for gcc you will want the "Development group "

Code:

su -
yum grouplist
---------- from that list install ---------
yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"

you might need others depending on just what you are doing