Re: Yumex-dnf won't run due to some lock

[Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/16/2015 04:38 AM, Doug Wyatt wrote:

I ran yumex-dnf a few times, then the last time I got the message:

  dnf is locked by another process
  yum extender will exit
     [   OK   ]

and, it exits.

I can run dnf install successfully, and rpm -i also works.

Can anyone suggest where the lock might be?

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/76157/failed-to-obtain-the-transaction-lock-logged-in-as-root/

rm /var/cache/dnf/metadata_lock.pid

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