urpmi database locked

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Hi

I was running the uprmi (in console) after a fresh install… please do not ask why… it is complicated :eek:

Anyway, the first three commands went fine.
However, halfway through running

urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp.caliu.info/pub/distribucions/mandrake/official/2006.0/i586/media/contrib with media_info/hdlist.cz
the download stopped and would not go any further.

I tried again but got a message that contrib already exists.
When I tried to install Thunderbird in the control centre I got the messsge quoted in the title.

Is it something I have done or has the database gone out for maintenance or simillar?

Sorry dad… :confused: did I break something?

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If you get a ‘urpmi database locked’ message, it means something has exclusive use of the urpmi database, more than likely another instance of urpmi itself. If urpmi is hung (e.g. it was interrupted or your internet connection went down part-way through an update), you can remedy the situation by killing the process. Type the following as root: killall urpmi

If your urpmi sources themselves are screwed up for whatever reason (e.g. bad mirror, whatever), you can remove all of the sources by using the following command (as root): urpmi.removemedia -aAlternately, if there’s only one source you want to remove, you can specify that instead. For example, if you wanted to remove a source called “contrib”, you’d type the following as root:urpmi.removemedia contrib

Hope this helps…
-AT

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Hi AT

Thanks very much for this.
I removed all the medias and started again.
However, using the -a meant I removed the CD and DVD as well.

Will that make any difference? I still have the install DVD…

Ta ta… :cool:

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You can re-add them if you like, but if you have broadband it’s actually easier to use online media rather than the CDs/DVD. That’s what I do.

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[QUOTE=Anti-Trend]
You can re-add them if you like, but if you have broadband it’s actually easier to use online media rather than the CDs/DVD.
[/QUOTE]

I think so too! Saves on inserting the friggin DVD in every time.
I just wanted to make sure it will not effect me later or sumfink.

My Mandriva keeps confusing me though… :confused:
W! as long as it works, I am happy…

cheers, m8

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Its also better because you’ll have updated verisons of packages through repositories.

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[QUOTE=Addis]
Its also better because you’ll have updated verisons of packages through repositories.
[/QUOTE]
Actually, the CDs/DVD provide the same packages as the ‘main’ repository, which doesn’t change.

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[QUOTE=Anti-Trend]
Actually, the CDs/DVD provide the same packages as the ‘main’ repository, which doesn’t change.
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What happens though when software is updated, wouldn’t it replace the previous version in the repository?

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[QUOTE=Addis]
What happens though when software is updated, wouldn’t it replace the previous version in the repository?
[/QUOTE]
No. That’s what the ‘update’ repository is for. The newest version of a program, on any repository, supersedes the installed version.