Apache, httpd, php woes

[Rashan Jibowu]

I'm trying to start my Apache web server, but I can't
get it to start or restart. After googling the issue,
I found that removing php should allow me to start the
httpd service. So I am attempting to remove php but it
has dependencies. When I attempt to remove the
dependencies, I find that it is dependent on PHP
(circular dependence). Finally, when I try to remove
the packages using the --nodeps option, I get the
following error:

error: can't create transaction lock on
/var/lib/rpm/__db.000

Can someone help me out?

Thanks

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