urpmi database locked....

againstms · 11-22-2004, 09:40 PM

Goeie dag all,
Trying to run the update on my newly conf Mandrake box but it keeps telling me "A fatal error occurred:urpmi database locked"
Can someone please tell me how I get rid of this??

Also any tips on making sure my box is save.....

gwidion · 12-17-2004, 01:03 PM

This question is in some other thread around...
there the solution posted telled one to reboot the machinne.

I just found that all that is needed is to remove the following files:
/var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK
/var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK

And you'll be ready to go.

greedy_leo · 05-18-2006, 04:05 PM

hello everyone, this is my first thread.
i Keep on removing them and they just seem to pup back up.

i use

rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK
rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK

IT GETS deleted... but then i try installing the RPM again and get the same error:
urpmi database blocked.

then when I go back to the file both .LOCK and .RPMLOCK are there.

Help please!!!