/var/run/yum.pid is locked, another program with PID 24455 is running the workaround

There was an error installing Java today using Yum, as follows:

[Root@lkhan zabbix-3.0.4]# yum-y Install java* loaded plugin: fastestmirror, security
/var/run/yum.pid is locked and another program with PID 24455 is running.
Another program locks up Yum; wait for it to exit ...
The other application Is:yum
memory:49 M RSS (885 MB VSZ)
Started:thu Dec 8 14:53:35 2016-04:06 ago
state:traced/stopped, pid:24455
Another program locks up Yum; wait for it to exit ...
The other application Is:yum
memory:49 M RSS (885 MB VSZ)
Started:thu Dec 8 14:53:35 2016-04:08 ago
state:traced/stopped, pid:24455
Another program locks up Yum; wait for it to exit ...
The other application Is:yum
memory:49 M RSS (885 MB VSZ)
Started:thu Dec 8 14:53:35 2016-04:10 ago
state:traced/stopped, pid:24455
Another program locks up Yum; wait for it to exit ...
The other application Is:yum
memory:49 M RSS (885 MB VSZ)
Started:thu Dec 8 14:53:35 2016-04:12 ago
state:traced/stopped, pid:24455
Another program locks up Yum; wait for it to exit ...

Online Unified Solution: Run Rm-f/var/run/yum.pid directly at the terminal to delete the file and run Yum again.