Package Manager and Yum Don't Work

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jesse
> 
It is probably yum-updatesd that is running yum. This is especially
true if you have just booted the system. With a fresh install, it
may take a while before it finishes up, because of all the updates.

Mikkel
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