Re: Package Manager and Yum Don't Work

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On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:09:16PM -0400, Jesse Petre wrote:
> 
>    Hello,
>    I just installed Fedora, and I'm having a few issues...hopefully someone can
>    help.  When I go to Add/Remove Programs (package manager) it says that:
>    "Another application is running which is accessing software information" and
>    then closes.  Also, when I try to install something in Yum, it returns:
>    Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>    Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.
>    Everything is sitting idle, and I'm not running any programs.  What's going
>    on?  This is a fresh install...

The presence of /var/run/yum.pid indicates either that another copy of
yum is running, or that a copy shut down violently, and left its lock
file in place.

If you are certain that there is no copy of yum running ("ps aux |
grep yum"), delete the lock file and continue.

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