Yum complete transaction stuck

sabotage3d · #1 23rd September 2011, 09:37 AM

Hello guys I am new to yum and I am having a strange problem. Package kit started complaining that I have to use yum-complete-transaction in order to install something. I'had the same warning when I used yum install. I tried to run yum-complete-transaction. This is the output:

There are 1 outstanding transactions to complete. Finishing the most recent one
The remaining transaction had 972 elements left to run

Then it starts to proccessing dependecies I left it overnight but it is still proccessing I tried it a few times with no luck. And it takes all of my memory 8 GB total. Please can you help me because I am stuck on this thank you.

Sorry I forgot to mention I am under Fedora 15 x64 I will tell you the kernel version when I get home.

leigh123linux · #2 24th September 2011, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zackwasa

Probably some upgrade was interrupted while it was running. You need to finish that. Before running the yum-complete-transaction command try to rebuild the rpmdb:

Code:

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm -vv --rebuilddb

please post any errors

Not a good idea

This is the correct way to deal with this error.

Code:

su
yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only

sabotage3d · #3 24th September 2011, 02:21 PM

Thank you guys but before your posts I tried something different. I ran "yum install KPackageKit"
and then "yum install yum" after that I ran "yum clean all"l. And the warning disappear.
But the problem is still I cannot update properly the yum update fails. wit this. I tried the same with KPackageKit and I have this message "an error occurred while running the transaction"
In the details it says "could not add package update for fedora-release-
rawhide-15-3(noarch)updates: fedora-release-
rawhide-15-3.noarch"

Sorry if I made it worst.

Code:

--> Processing Dependency: libmatroska.so.4()(64bit) for package: vlc-core-1.1.11-1.fc16.x86_64
adobe-linux-i386/filelists                                                       | 140 kB     00:00     
fedora/filelists_db                                                              |  21 MB     00:20     
rpmfusion-free-rawhide/filelists_db                                              | 269 kB     00:00     
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide/filelists_db                                           | 100 kB     00:00     
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/15/x86_64/repodata/b63631b9a8f2e01063ba832e8f28a846404deded98b1f6820cfcef4cb299e198-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout on mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/15/x86_64/repodata/b63631b9a8f2e01063ba832e8f28a846404deded98b1f6820cfcef4cb299e198-filelists.sqlite.bz2: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/15/x86_64/repodata/b63631b9a8f2e01063ba832e8f28a846404deded98b1f6820cfcef4cb299e198-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 12] Timeout on ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/15/x86_64/repodata/b63631b9a8f2e01063ba832e8f28a846404deded98b1f6820cfcef4cb299e198-filelists.sqlite.bz2: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
updates/filelists_db                                                             | 7.5 MB     00:01     
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: rpmfusion-free-release-16-0.1.noarch (rpmfusion-free-rawhide)
           Requires: system-release >= 16
           Removing: fedora-release-15-1.noarch (@fedora/15-Beta)
               system-release = 15-1
           Updated By: fedora-release-15-3.noarch (updates)
               system-release = 15-3
           Available: generic-release-15-0.4.noarch (fedora)
               system-release = 15-0.4
           Available: generic-release-15-1.noarch (updates)
               system-release = 15-1
Error: Package: rpmfusion-nonfree-release-16-0.1.noarch (rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide)
           Requires: system-release >= 16
           Removing: fedora-release-15-1.noarch (@fedora/15-Beta)
               system-release = 15-1
           Updated By: fedora-release-15-3.noarch (updates)
               system-release = 15-3
           Available: generic-release-15-0.4.noarch (fedora)
               system-release = 15-0.4
           Available: generic-release-15-1.noarch (updates)
               system-release = 15-1
Error: Package: vlc-core-1.1.11-1.fc16.x86_64 (rpmfusion-free-rawhide)
           Requires: libmtp.so.9()(64bit)
Error: Package: vlc-core-1.1.11-1.fc16.x86_64 (rpmfusion-free-rawhide)
           Requires: libthreadutil.so.6()(64bit)
Error: Package: vlc-core-1.1.11-1.fc16.x86_64 (rpmfusion-free-rawhide)
           Requires: libupnp.so.6()(64bit)
Error: Package: vlc-core-1.1.11-1.fc16.x86_64 (rpmfusion-free-rawhide)
           Requires: libmatroska.so.4()(64bit)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 14 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows:
bash-4.2.10-4.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with bash-4.2.10-2.fc15.x86_64
32:bind-license-9.8.0-5.P2.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with 32:bind-license-9.8.0-3.P1.fc15.noarch
fedora-cert-0.5.9.2-1.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with fedora-cert-0.5.9.0-1.fc15.noarch
kernel-headers-2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with kernel-headers-2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64
liberation-fonts-common-1.07.0-1.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with liberation-fonts-common-1.06.0.20100721-5.fc15.noarch
libgcc-4.6.0-9.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with libgcc-4.6.0-7.fc15.x86_64
mesa-dri-filesystem-7.11-0.11.20110525.0.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with mesa-dri-filesystem-7.11-0.9.20110509.0.fc15.x86_64
nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.10-2.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.10-1.fc15.x86_64
python-slip-0.2.17-1.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with python-slip-0.2.14-2.fc15.noarch
python-slip-gtk-0.2.17-1.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with python-slip-gtk-0.2.14-2.fc15.noarch
tzdata-2011h-1.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with tzdata-2011d-3.fc15.noarch
xen-licenses-4.1.1-1.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with xen-licenses-4.1.0-2.fc15.x86_64
xkeyboard-config-2.3-2.fc15.noarch is a duplicate with xkeyboard-config-2.2.1-2.20110415git19a0026b5.fc15.noarch
xorg-x11-server-common-1.10.2-1.fc15.x86_64 is a duplicate with xorg-x11-server-common-1.10.1-14.fc15.x86_64

leigh123linux · #4 24th September 2011, 02:25 PM

Try

Code:

su
package-cleanup --cleandupes

sabotage3d · #5 24th September 2011, 02:48 PM

Sorry guys after that command I don't have network interface is there anyway to revert it or to repair it thanks.

leigh123linux · #6 24th September 2011, 02:50 PM

Post the output for the last command.

sabotage3d · #7 24th September 2011, 02:55 PM

I restarted the machine trying to revert to old kernel

leigh123linux · #8 24th September 2011, 03:02 PM

The last command should have removed 14 duplicate packages only, non of them were related to networking.

Post

Code:

ifconfig

and

Code:

nm-tool

sabotage3d · #9 25th September 2011, 12:45 PM

I don't have any network interfaces everything is like erased. Yesterday I was able to compile manually some drivers for and bring back wlan0 manually. The problem is that dhclient is missing and other tools as well. If there is a way manually to bring back dhclient I will able to get internet and use yum again for fixing most of these problems.
Sorry for bothering you guys I made clean install of fedora with the new kernel 40 because I was with 38 it was still in the beta I hope 40 is more stable thank you for your help.

TVPhoto · #10 24th September 2012, 07:45 PM

this helped me out, thanks!

This is the correct way to deal with this error.

Code:

su
yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only

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thek2kid · #11 26th September 2012, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

Not a good idea

This is the correct way to deal with this error.

Code:

su
yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only

Yes! That worked for me too. Thank you so much!

brainout · #12 10th February 2013, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

Not a good idea

This is the correct way to deal with this error.

Code:

su
yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this. I've been trying for HOURS to get this to work. Kept on getting the same message as the thread leader said, except I was told I must 'be root'.. what was that? I wondered. Spent more hours trying to figure it out, looked at the man pages, finally did figure it out; but even when I'm LOGGED in as 'root', it still wouldn't work.

Then I found your solution, typed in the magic words in your quote, and ALL DONE!

Thank you!

ScottAtWork · #13 5th March 2013, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabotage3d

I don't have any network interfaces everything is like erased. Yesterday I was able to compile manually some drivers for and bring back wlan0 manually. The problem is that dhclient is missing and other tools as well. If there is a way manually to bring back dhclient I will able to get internet and use yum again for fixing most of these problems.
Sorry for bothering you guys I made clean install of fedora with the new kernel 40 because I was with 38 it was still in the beta I hope 40 is more stable thank you for your help.

I suspect you've already solved your problem. It's certainly odd that deleting any of the RPM's you listed would have caused it. If you think that dhclient is all you need to start you back on the way to recovery, then sneaker-net the dhclient RPM on to your box, uninstall the existing one and install your new copy.

I have over 200 <blah> is a duplicate with <older-blah> messages left over when my box rebooted while I was updating all of my Fedora 18 RPMs (for no compelling reason, other than a popup appeared that said that I could.) I couldn't face uninstalling the older RPMs one at a time and testing for side-effects, so I tried uninstalling them 10 at a time, without paying attention to what the RPMs were. This was not a great plan, since my box rebooted after one of the uninstalls and x-windows wasn't launched when it finished rebooting. (Forums like this one provided a solution to this problem, too.)

Having authored a few RPM spec files, I should have realized that RPMs can own potentially critical files that get deleted when the RPM is erased. Obviously, the newer-version RPMs ownership of the same file isn't enough to preserve it. Deleting the older RPM now strikes me as perilous. What I really don't understand is how the RPM DB can get so wedged to begin with. I'll avoid updating anything that doesn't have a known security issue or bug I need a fix for in the future. I'll also attempt to keep the number of yum packages updated in a single command to a minimum.

Donald Winslow · #14 5th March 2013, 01:45 AM

Sabotage3d, it looks to me like the problem is you have a mixture of fc15 and fc16 (from rpmfusion) packages. I would suggest that you erase all the fc16 packages that show up on in the error message and their dependencies. If you still don't have an internet connection, it might be easiest just to upgrade to Fedora 16 or 17. That's probably what you want to do anyway.

***DBelton*** · #15 5th March 2013, 02:01 AM

Since the OP's problem occurred about 1 1/2 years ago, If he hasn't found a fix yet, then he's not going to. Since nothing else really great has been added to this thread, it's getting closed.

Old and dead thread closed