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Old 12-08-2003, 11:38 AM   #1
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How to unlock urpmi database?


I just tried to update my Mandrake 9.2 using the update software but there was an error that said "urpmi databased locked". How do i unlock the urpmi database?

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Old 12-08-2003, 12:51 PM   #2
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you can try "urpmi.update -a" from the command line
as root if it doesn't work as user

(rebooting has always sorted this one for me)
 
Old 12-19-2003, 06:45 AM   #3
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check out this url

http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi
 
Old 04-19-2012, 03:04 AM   #4
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i WONDER IF THIS STEP WORKED OUT... ????
 
Old 04-20-2012, 05:03 AM   #5
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This works for me, as a shell script,
Code:
#!/bin/sh
   if [ -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK ]; then
      sudo rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK
   fi
   if [ -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK ]; then
      sudo rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK
   fi
Make it executable, and your going without a reboot.
 
Old 09-09-2015, 05:07 PM   #6
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Works for me too, although I just run the command(s) from root, I don't use a shell script.
 
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Old 11-20-2016, 11:48 PM   #7
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Either reboot

Either reboot, or delete by hand the lock file. If I can recall well (not using Mandriva anymore) it's named urpmi.lock and its placed in /etc
 
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You all do realize that, when this thread started, I was still using Windows 2000.
 
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