rpm error " can't create transaction lock"

[Bob Hartung]

Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:

> Nina Pham wrote:
>
>> HI, what does it mean when I do #rpm -U software.rpm, it turns backs 
>> with message "error: can't create transaction lock" ?
>>
>>
> It means that there's some process already using the rpm database.
> Check if yum , rpm or up2date are running or if there are any zombie 
> processes from any of these programs.
>
> -- 
> Pedro Macedo
>
>
I have also seen this while trying to run rpm as user other than root.

HTH

Bob