What to do when Yum update in Linux is occupied

using the Yum Installation Schedule Task feature, the result is:

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The code is as follows:

# yum-y Install Vixie-cron

Loaded Plugins:fastestmirror, Refresh-packagekit, security

Existing lock/var/run/yum.pid:another copy is running as PID 25960.

Another app is currently holding the Yum lock; Waiting for it to exit ...

It is possible that the system auto upgrade is running and the Yum is in a locked state.

There's already a Yum process running, killing it with a kill:

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The code is as follows:

# kill-s 9 25960

# PS Aux|grep Yum

Root 6744 0.0 0.0 103260 900 PTS/1 s+ 14:59 0:00 grep yum

Root 25960 0.0 0.0 0 0? Z Sep19 0:01 [yumbackend.py]

It is a pity that kill can't deal with it, then how to do?

You can disable the Yum process by forcing:

#rm-F/var/run/yum.pid

Then you can use the Yum. If not, you can restart Yum.

/sbin/service yum-updatesd Restart

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Sometimes, under Linux yum update prompts:

Another app is currently holding the Yum Lock solution

The solution is to kill the Yum process in the cache and reboot the Yum.

To clear the process in the cache:

Rm-f/var/run/yum.pid

Reboot Yum (my system is fedora)

Systemctl Status Yum-updatesd.service

CentOS users use:

/sbin/service yum-updatesd Restart

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An error occurred while yum-y install gcc* gcc-c++* autoconf* automake* zlib* libxml* ncurses-devel* libmcrypt* libtool* on CentOS:

1 What's going on? As prompted, the system process already has an update running. In the process view under: Ps-ef | grep update

2 Kill the process by killing, but after killing, the error remains. Originally in the/var/run directory, and Yum This process ID, you need to force the process ID file to delete:

3) At the same time restart the Yum update Service, as follows:

4) Finally yum-y install gcc* gcc-c++* autoconf* automake* zlib*, libxml* ncurses-devel* libmcrypt* libtool*, Normal