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timberwolf

12-08-2003 11:38 AM

How to unlock urpmi database?

I just tried to update my Mandrake 9.2 using the update software but there was an error that said "urpmi databased locked". How do i unlock the urpmi database?

-Aquila

salparadise

12-08-2003 12:51 PM

you can try "urpmi.update -a" from the command line
as root if it doesn't work as user

(rebooting has always sorted this one for me)

LinuxLala

12-19-2003 06:45 AM

check out this url

http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi

jhazz

04-19-2012 03:04 AM

i WONDER IF THIS STEP WORKED OUT... ????

GlennsPref

04-20-2012 05:03 AM

This works for me, as a shell script,

Code:

#!/bin/sh

  if [ -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK ]; then

      sudo rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK

  fi

  if [ -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK ]; then

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

  fi

Make it executable, and your going without a reboot.

dedanna1029

09-09-2015 05:07 PM

Works for me too, although I just run the command(s) from root, I don't use a shell script.

Millydelev

11-20-2016 11:48 PM

Either reboot

Either reboot, or delete by hand the lock file. If I can recall well (not using Mandriva anymore) it's named urpmi.lock and its placed in /etc

frankbell

11-21-2016 09:14 PM

You all do realize that, when this thread started, I was still using Windows 2000.

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