i am new to linux and when using the update software manager on Fedora 16 my computer crashed and closed down and when i started the computer back up i went to update and download softwre i keep getting this message and it wont let me use the manager ""Failed to initialize packaging backend.
This may occur if other packaging tools are being used simultaneously""

So i tried installing software in terminal and i get this message ""There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them""

I try running ""yum-complete-transaction"" but it always says the same thing.

Also i cant get any mp3's to play on audacious, Amorak, Banshee and many others because of missing plugins and have no clue how to get these music players to play my music.

Any help will be very appreciated :/

From a fedoraforum.org post, try running:
su
yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only

The yum-complete-transaction man page states that it may be needed to run the program several times. Maybe the --cleanup-only will not try to complete all the transactions, removing some changes.

You may have stale pid files in /var/run. Try deleting them just before rebooting.

Also look in /var/lib/yum/ and see if you can glean any information from the transaction-all* and transaction-done* files. I'm not using Fedora now, and so I don't know if these are text files. If you know the name of a package that wasn't fully updated, try forcing a new update on the same package.

For the mp3 question, add the rpmfusion repository, for media program versions built with mp3 support.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/ge...n-repositories

but there are 679 files to be fixed, so i have to do it 679 times?

and for the mp3 problem, i went to the link you supplied but it says there is a missing plugin for that too :/

here is some of the output, wont let me post all of it, in case i have missed something


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--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
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--> Processing Dependency: libck-connector.so.0 for package: kdm-4.7.4-5.fc16.i686
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--> Processing Dependency: PackageKit for package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686
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kde-filesystem = 4-38.fc15
Error: Package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Removing: libreport-2.0.6-2.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
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libreport.so.0
Error: Package: 6:kdelibs-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Removing: kde-filesystem-4-38.fc15.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
kde4-macros(api) = 2
Error: Package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Removing: libcurl-7.21.7-5.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
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Error: Package: soprano-2.7.4-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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kbd = 1.15.2-3.fc16
Error: Package: upower-0.9.15-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Removing: udev-173-3.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
udev = 173-3.fc16
Error: Package: 6:kdelibs-4.7.4-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Removing: udisks-1.0.4-3.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
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Error: Package: dracut-013-20.fc16.noarch (updates)
Requires: udev
Removing: udev-173-3.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
udev = 173-3.fc16
Error: Package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686 (updates)
Requires: PackageKit
Removing: PackageKit-0.6.19-3.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
PackageKit = 0.6.19-3.fc16
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Error: Package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Error: Package: libreport-plugin-bodhi-2.0.8-3.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Error: Package: upower-0.9.15-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Error: Package: soprano-2.7.4-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
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Error: Package: upower-0.9.15-1.fc16.i686 (updates)
Requires: libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0
Removing: polkit-0.102-3.fc16.i686 (@koji-override-0/$releasever)
libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 101 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
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newt-0.52.14-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with newt-0.52.13-1.fc16.i686
newt-python-0.52.14-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with newt-python-0.52.13-1.fc16.i686
nspr-4.8.9-2.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with nspr-4.8.8-4.fc16.i686
nss-softokn-freebl-3.13.1-14.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.10-4.fc16.i686

python-slip-dbus-0.2.20-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with python-slip-dbus-0.2.17-1.fc16.noarch
ql2500-firmware-5.06.02-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with ql2500-firmware-5.06.01-1.fc16.noarch
1:qt-4.8.0-0.29.rc1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with 1:qt-4.8.0-0.23.rc1.fc16.i686
sane-backends-1.0.22-6.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with sane-backends-1.0.22-5.fc16.i686
sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.22-6.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.22-5.fc16.i686
sane-backends-libs-1.0.22-6.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with sane-backends-libs-1.0.22-5.fc16.i686
setools-libs-3.3.7-19.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with setools-libs-3.3.7-16.fc16.i686
setools-libs-python-3.3.7-19.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with setools-libs-python-3.3.7-16.fc16.i686
2:shadow-utils-4.1.4.3-10.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with 2:shadow-utils-4.1.4.3-7.fc16.i686
shared-color-profiles-0.1.5-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with shared-color-profiles-0.1.4-1.fc16.noarch
shared-desktop-ontologies-0.8.1-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with shared-desktop-ontologies-0.8.0-1.fc16.noarch
shared-mime-info-0.91-5.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with shared-mime-info-0.91-4.fc16.i686
sip-4.13-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with sip-4.12.4-2.fc16.i686
sssd-client-1.6.3-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with sssd-client-1.6.2-5.fc16.i686
1:tcl-8.5.11-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with 1:tcl-8.5.10-1.fc16.i686
thai-scalable-fonts-common-0.4.17-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with thai-scalable-fonts-common-0.4.15-2.fc16.noarch
tigervnc-license-1.1.0-3.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with tigervnc-license-1.1.0-1.fc16.noarch
tzdata-2011n-2.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with tzdata-2011l-3.fc16.noarch
usb_modeswitch-1.2.0-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with usb_modeswitch-1.1.7-1.fc16.i686
usb_modeswitch-data-20111023-1.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with usb_modeswitch-data-20110714-1.fc16.noarch
util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with util-linux-2.20.1-2.fc16.i686
xdg-utils-1.1.0-0.10.20111207.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with xdg-utils-1.1.0-0.9.20110714.fc16.noarch
xmlrpc-c-1.27.5-1601.svn2185.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with xmlrpc-c-1.27.0-1600.svn2145.fc16.i686
xmlrpc-c-client-1.27.5-1601.svn2185.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with xmlrpc-c-client-1.27.0-1600.svn2145.fc16.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.11.3-1.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with xorg-x11-server-common-1.11.1-1.fc16.i686
yum-3.4.3-7.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with yum-3.4.3-5.fc16.noarch
yum-langpacks-0.2.4-2.fc16.noarch is a duplicate with yum-langpacks-0.2.2-1.fc16.noarch
zlib-1.2.5-5.fc16.i686 is a duplicate with zlib-1.2.5-4.fc16.i686
[root@cyb3rjunki3 ~]# --skip-broken
-bash: --skip-broken: command not found
[root@cyb3rjunki3 ~]# skip-broken
-bash: skip-broken: command not found
[root@cyb3rjunki3 ~]#

Have you tried "yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only" first?