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# 1  
Old 01-13-2013
Cannot get shared lock on database for rpm on AIX 6.1
Hello,

I was trying to install python on aix and it was taking too long and I closed the terminal.
Now when i issue the command
Code:
rpm -qa

instead of getting all the rpms installed I'm getting the following error.

Code:
root:stud -> $ rpm -qa
cannot get shared lock on database
rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed

How can I correct this.

And if I tried to install an rpm package as :
Code:
$ rpm -i -v python-2.6.7-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Code:
I get the error as :
cannot get exclusive lock on database
error: cannot open /opt/freeware/packages/packages.rpm

BTW I am a root user.
Last edited by gaugeta; 01-13-2013 at 09:48 AM..
# 2  
Old 01-13-2013
It looks like you have a rpm process running which has got an exclusive lock on RPM database. I suggest you to check your process status report and kill if found.
Code:
ps -eaf | grep -i rpm | grep -v grep

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gaugeta
# 3  
Old 01-14-2013
@bipinajith:Thanks for the reply.
This worked perfectly.
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