Yum Update appears another app is currently holding the Yum Lock solution

[email protected]]# Yum install app*

Existing lock/var/run/yum.pid:another copy is running as PID 3807. Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ... What is the reason for this? /var/run/yum.pid I opened it, just one count, the other might be that the system is running automatically, so Yum is locked out. You can forcibly unlock the lock by executing the rm-rf/var/run/yum.pid, and then your Yum will be ready to run.

Yum Update appears another app is currently holding the Yum Lock workaround