[olug] URPMI database locked

[Dave Thacker]

On Friday 04 July 2008 15:04:08 Jack wrote:
> I have an old Mandriva distro (Mandriva Linux 2007) that I haven't
> updated for six months or better.   When I try using the "Configure My
> Computer/update programs" application, the app froze on download of one
> of the files and then gave me an error message of "URPMI database locked".
>
> Anything I can do to unlock it?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give on this.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/why-do-i-always-get-urpmi-database-locked-216105/

Could be useful

Dave