Fedora tips-yum error -existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy
Author: admin Posted in June 24, 2008
If you see error infor. “Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy“,that means Yum is updating by itself,no worry. Of course,you may shut down the updating process by below two wayss:~
1. Implement ” rm -f /var/run/yum.pid” in the Terminal to turn off the updating process.
2. Impement “/etc/init.d/yum-updatesd stop“