[SOLVED] cups update stuck

anon091 · 12-03-2010, 11:36 AM

What i thought was my putty session freezing up may not have been that. I'm trying to update cups, and it just hangs here.

Code:

  Updating       : cups [######################################           ] 1/2

I restarted my putty session, then tried to run a yum-complete-transaction and got the following

Code:

Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
There are 1 outstanding transactions to complete. Finishing the most recent one
The remaining transaction had 3 elements left to run
There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cups.i386 1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/lp for package: redhat-lsb
--> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/lpr for package: redhat-lsb
---> Package cups-libs.i386 1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
---> Package redhat-lsb.i386 0:3.1-12.3.EL set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution


Transaction size changed - this means we are not doing the
same transaction as we were before. Aborting.
To remove, use: yum-complete-transaction --cleanup


You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                       package-cleanup --dupes
                       rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

I then did a cleanup and tried to yum install cups, and it is now hanging at the same spot. Any ideas how to fix this or see what's wrong?

bigrigdriver · 12-05-2010, 11:47 AM

Since yum isn't being especially informative, have you tried downloading the packages, then manually install the packages and watch for error messages during installation.

anon091 · 12-05-2010, 03:28 PM

Haven't tried that because I don't know how to. If someone call tell me how I can try it.

anon091 · 12-08-2010, 01:38 PM

Can anyone tell me how to do this, or is there a log i can look in to see why its not completing?

chrism01 · 12-09-2010, 12:01 AM

I'd seriously consider

yum remove cups

ie totally remove, then

yum install cups

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-2531

anon091 · 12-09-2010, 08:07 AM

Chris, that worked! I'm not sure why cups is even installed on here to be honest, i thought cups was just for printing, and this is a standalone FTP server. Do you think I even need it on there?

chrism01 · 12-09-2010, 07:17 PM

If you're not doing ANY printing on that computer, you don't need cups. It's purely for print ctrl.
Most people do need it, so it's part of the std/default install.