Yum lock: Centos7

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when trying to install or update with yum i get the error "Another app is currently holding the yum lock"

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That means another program is using yum, probably the software updater program. it should give you a id number in () that is the process that is holding yum, you can kill that number if you like.

so say that it says

error: Another app is currently holding the yum lock (1234)

you can do "kill 1234"

then you can do your yum command again.

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