KPackageKit: Failed to initialize packaging backend.

pukas · #1 26th February 2010, 01:53 AM

I have error in KPackageKit when i try to install anything or check for updates:

Failed to initialize packaging backend.
This may occur if other packaging tools are being used simultaneously.

Details:
There are unfinished transactions remaining. Please run yum-complete-transaction as root.

I don't know anything about other packaging tools - I think I don't using any.
Yum works fine in terminal. Reinstall PackageKit and KPackageKit files doesn't helped me. I also try to rebuilt rpm db:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm -vv --rebuilddb
yum clean all

Also with no luck.
I'm using Fedora 12 x86_64.
Could you help me, please?

#2 26th February 2010, 02:49 AM

try this installing yum-complete-transaction in Terminal then Run it

steelaworkn · #3 26th February 2010, 02:50 AM

Sorry you are having trouble with the package kit. A lot of people just use yum for updates and ignore the package kit alerts or even turn off automatic updates. But, that said, for me, F12 is the first edition that I have actually been able to use the KPackage program for all updates and upgrades and it works flawlessly.

Amazing isn't it? One guy's system works and another guy's doesn't. It's the same OS, but for some reason, there seems to be no two builds that are alike.

pukas · #4 26th February 2010, 04:15 PM

Unfortunately it isn't work at all. It strange, because it's new installation of Fedora, not upgrade from older version (after upgrade from F10 i had so many troubles, that i decided to install fresh system) so it should work perfectly.
Who knows, maybe with some update problem will solve by itself?

---------- Post added at 05:15 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 PM CST ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demz

try this installing yum-complete-transaction in Terminal then Run it

I can't do this, because it will erase half of all my packages

Problem with KPackageKit started just after installation of Fedora, before i broke this transaction...

#5 26th February 2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pukas

Unfortunately it isn't work at all. It strange, because it's new installation of Fedora, not upgrade from older version (after upgrade from F10 i had so many troubles, that i decided to install fresh system) so it should work perfectly.
Who knows, maybe with some update problem will solve by itself?

---------- Post added at 05:15 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 PM CST ----------

I can't do this, because it will erase half of all my packages

Problem with KPackageKit started just after installation of Fedora, before i broke this transaction...

reinstall F12 or manually use that command i suggested above , i dont see any other fix for you

pukas · #6 27th February 2010, 12:15 AM

I took the risk and run yum-complete-transaction. After erase many many packages I installed some again from DVD and rest updated from repo (when I was able to connect) and after few hours fight with ny desktop KPackageKit finally get alive!

yeah!

Thanks you all for helping me. I didn't expect that yum-complete-transaction will help in this case.

1qaz2wsx · #7 9th March 2010, 01:38 PM

I had the same problem and I solved it doing the yum-complete-transaction several times. Note that you often must to do it several times because in each run it only completes one transaction!

N4ck0 · #8 7th April 2010, 03:20 AM

i have problem like that

when i run yum-complete-transaction i got on my terminal like this

0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Checking for new repos for mirrors
There are 1 outstanding transactions to complete. Finishing the most recent one
The remaining transaction had 0 elements left to run
Nothing in the unfinished transaction to cleanup.
Cleaning up completed transaction file

Vukovi · #9 15th April 2010, 03:42 AM

Ran Yum-update-transaction after I got the same error message that began this thread...

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===============================================
Install 9 Package(s)
Upgrade 121 Package(s)
Remove 471 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)

Total size: 113 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
im-chooser >= 1.2.5 is needed by ibus-1.2.1-1.fc12.i686
gnome-session is needed by desktop-effects-0.8.5-1.fc12.i686
gnome-session-xsession is needed by gnome-panel-2.28.0-16.fc12.i686
gnome-session is needed by gdm-1:2.28.2-3.fc12.i686
libgstfarsight-0.10.so.0 is needed by libpurple-2.6.6-2.fc12.i686
libempathy-gtk.so.28 is needed by nautilus-sendto-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
libempathy.so.30 is needed by nautilus-sendto-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
empathy-libs = 2.28.2-2.fc12 is needed by empathy-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
libempathy-gtk.so.28 is needed by empathy-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
libempathy.so.30 is needed by empathy-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
libgstfarsight-0.10.so.0 is needed by empathy-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
libtelepathy-farsight.so.0 is needed by empathy-2.28.2-2.fc12.i686
Not removing old transaction files

Now running it again I get basically the same information

/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ABRTUtils.so: undefined symbol: _ZN10CDebugDump6CreateERKSsx
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
There are 1 outstanding transactions to complete. Finishing the most recent one
The remaining transaction had 616 elements left to run

Can I fix this or do I just have to reinstall?

murenti · #10 23rd February 2011, 12:03 PM

I have the same problem with kpackage kit failing to install but when I run yum-complete-transaction it says "Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
No unfinished transactions left."
But the kpackage kit error still remains, can anyone suggest anything else, please. Also my install is a fresh Fedora 14 64 bit

jakebpg · #11 23rd February 2011, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmurphy787

I have the same problem with kpackage kit failing to install but when I run yum-complete-transaction it says "Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
No unfinished transactions left."
But the kpackage kit error still remains, can anyone suggest anything else, please. Also my install is a fresh Fedora 14 64 bit

try yum clean all

murenti · #12 23rd February 2011, 12:45 PM

Nothing still see result below
"Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Cleaning repos: Dropbox fedora flash google-chrome google-earth rpmfusion-free
: rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-nonfree
: rpmfusion-nonfree-updates updates
Cleaning up Everything
0 delta-package files removed, by presto"

jakebpg · #13 1st March 2011, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmurphy787

Nothing still see result below
"Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Cleaning repos: Dropbox fedora flash google-chrome google-earth rpmfusion-free
: rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-nonfree
: rpmfusion-nonfree-updates updates
Cleaning up Everything
0 delta-package files removed, by presto"

Try reinstalling kpackagekit with the following

yum reinstall kpackagekit

ddgross · #14 27th July 2012, 12:45 PM

I had the same issue and tried most of the proposed solutions. What finally did it for me was

# yum-complete-transaction --skip-broken --cleanup-only

This was Fedora 16