#2801 Today 13:29:24

PackRat

jgmenu user Numero Uno

Registered: 2015-10-02

Posts: 2,821

Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

However, Pacman was locked for some reason and as a result I was unable to install any fresh software;

error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)

Usually means there is another instance of pacman running, or the previous process didn't terminate properly. You need to delete the db.lck file.

sudo rm -r /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

is the typical fix.

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Sector11

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From: Upstairs

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 8,124

Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

And Mrs. Pacman will get really upset.
(sorry - could not help myself)

We now return you to your regular programming.

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Colonel Panic

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Registered: 2018-11-13

Posts: 1,556

Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

However, Pacman was locked for some reason and as a result I was unable to install any fresh software;

error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)

Usually means there is another instance of pacman running, or the previous process didn't terminate properly. You need to delete the db.lck file.

sudo rm -r /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

is the typical fix.

Thanks for replying. I found a temporary fix - I rebooted (didn't think logging out would be drastic enough) and then logged back in again, and I was able to install a couple more programs before it happened again ...

I am slowly getting on top of it though, and advice like that goes a long way to help so thanks again.