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Hi, I am trying to uninstall LICQ but when I type the command this is what I get... any ideas? rpm -e licq error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages ...
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  1. 02-14-2003 #1
    nitefly
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    uninstalling licq

    Hi,

    I am trying to uninstall LICQ but when I type the command this is what I get... any ideas?

    rpm -e licq
    error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
    error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
    error: cannot oepn Packages database in /var/lib/rpm


    Thanks.
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    You need to be root.
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    I have tried logging in as root, when I do the terminal window doesn't seem to do anything after I type the command no matter how long I leave it for.. the only way to get back to the prompt is with ctrl-z
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    I know that problem. It has happened to me twice and seems to be in the RPM code. It sleeps indefinitely trying to aquire a lock on the RPM database. The first time it happened I only had to reboot the system and it would work again. The second time that wasn't enough, though. I don't remember how I fixed it then, however.
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    Ugg, I would hate to have to reboot a production server to get rpm to work correctly.
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    try to strace it, see what lockfile it is trying to create/modify, then delete it and retry the command.
    I respectfully decline the invitation to join your delusion.
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    I've already tried stracing an rpm process in that state. Maybe this isn't really the same situation, but for me it just kept selecting with NULL fd_sets. (No wonder no fd got selected...)
    I haven't really examined it very thoroughly, but I'd guess that you need the source to debug it.
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