On June 20, 2006 09:27 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote:
>
> Thanks to all who have responded. As RickS says I can always reboot
> and unlock urpmi. What I am interested is: why I cannot install the
> kernel-source. I wish to find a way to install it or I am doomed to
> be unable to compile things. Any ideas why urpmi hangs?
>
If urpmi gets interupted for what ever reason it will create a lock
file, this is a feature so that the data base does not become corrupt.
So however you get rid of the lock file, reboot or whatever it will
allow you to install stuff again including kernel and source.
Regards,
Dan Gordon
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