On 3/19/07, Dylan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/19/07, Nick ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/19/07, Dylan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I was trying to add kde using pkg_add. I left the process running > overnight > > > but I beleive the process stalled or my ssh session got disconnected. > This > > > morning i got this message when I ran pkg_info: > > > > > > $ pkg_info -i > > > Package database already locked... awaiting release > > > > > > ... And it just hangs. > > > > > > Could it be that the process is still running? There is a process: > > > > > > $ ps -ax |grep kde > > > 28242 p1- R 758:08.20 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/pkg_add -v > > > kdebase-3.5.1p5.tg > > > 17639 p1 R+ 0:00.03 grep kde > > > > > > Can I how get back into that 'session' to monitor the install? > > > > pkg_add doesn't deal with dropped TCP connections very well as yet, > > but long installs always lead to dropped connections. > > > > You're best off getting each piece of kde manually via ftp(1) or your > > browser, and then installing locally. > > > Hi Nick, > > Thanks. I will try using that method. > > How would I unlock the pkg_add database? > > Should I then perform a pkg_delete of kde? > > Dylan
The database is locked by pkg_add, so you'll have to kill that. Before deleting it, check (with pkg_info) if it's even installed yet. -Nick _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
