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archie101 05-09-2011 02:26 PM
won't let me install a package or remove a package
 
i tried to remove urbanterror with
Code:
pacman -R urbanterror
and there was an error that said
Code:
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
  if you're sure a package manager is not already
  running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
and there was the same error when i try to install a package. I recently did a full system update could that be the problem?

TobiSGD 05-09-2011 02:28 PM
Have you tried to remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck, as the message suggests?

archie101 05-09-2011 04:09 PM
no i did not because i did not know if that would mess anything up.

TobiSGD 05-09-2011 04:20 PM
Just try it, it is only a lock-file. If your package manager crashes this file will not be removed (it will be at a normal exit) and the package database will stay locked. Remove the lock and it should work.

archie101 05-09-2011 04:27 PM
i know i should know this but i do not how do i delete it i have joe vi and nano as my editors but i only know joe

TobiSGD 05-09-2011 04:52 PM
You don't use a text editor to delete a file (have you ever deleted a file with a text editor?).
Use the rm-command, in this case
Code:
rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
You need to be root to do that.

If you need more help with basic commands, like cd, rm, and so on read a tutorial on these, like this one.


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