** Reply to message from Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:06:19 +0100
> Am Sam, 2003-03-01 um 00.06 schrieb CM Miller: > > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? > I do. > > > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > > strange error: > > > > apt-get install foo > > > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > What does this mean? All of these directories do > > exist. > > This means that something else but apt-rpm has locked your rpm database. > > This typically indicates that > (a) there might be another process running accessing your rpm database > in parallel to apt-rpm > (b) you have a stale file lock on your rpm database. > (c) you are trying to run "apt-rpm install" without root privileges. > > In case of > (a) Terminate all other processes trying access your rpm database in > parallel to apt-rpm > (b) Remove rpm's lock files (rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*) and rerun apt-rpm. > This typically happens after having interrupted rpm or apt by "Ctrl C". > (c) Become root. There might also be an apt-get lock itself from a previous instantiation, so get rid of it: rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/lock jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
