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Re: rpm error " can't create transaction lock"

From: Pedro Fernandes Macedo <webmaster margo bijoux nom br>
To: nina gibbons com, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
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Subject: Re: rpm error " can't create transaction lock"
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 18:21:07 -0300

Nina Pham wrote:

HI, what does it mean when I do #rpm -U software.rpm, it turns backs with message "error: can't create transaction lock" ?

It means that there's some process already using the rpm database. Check if yum , rpm or up2date are running or if there are any zombie processes from any of these programs.

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Pedro Macedo

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