Unistall PackageKit

chirico · Post by **chirico** » 2011/09/01 21:38:02

Hello

I have Centos 6 with GNOME in my computer and i want to use yum to install some software, but the system won`t let me. Everytime i want to use yum, it tells me that the lock is being used by other aplication: Packagekit

I want to uninstall this for using yum. Please, help me with that.

Post by **scottro** » 2011/09/03 12:56:14

Look in /etc/init.d and see if there's something called packagekit or possibly yumupdates. (One reason I avoid Gnome is that RedHat and friends insist on tons of extra bloat--trying to remove packagekit becomes more trouble than it's worth due to various dependencies.)

I forget what it's called now--at any rate, you can stop the service by using the service command--this requires root privilege. If it's called packagekit, then the command is

service packagekit stop

chkconfig packagekit off

I would also go into /etc/yum/pluginconf.d and if there's a something.conf with the name packagekit in it, make sure it's set to 0 rather than 1.

r_hartman · Post by **r_hartman** » 2011/09/05 06:48:53

What's bugging you is likely the PackageKit Update Applet, which starts once you sign on to a Gnome session and checks for updates, using (and therefore locking) yum.
I simply disabled the applet through System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications.

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2011/09/15 15:20:56

You can also just let yum wait until the check is done. It usually does not take too long to run, and yum is smart enough to keep checking.

heiden98 · Post by **heiden98** » 2015/04/04 11:52:47

Found on docs.hortonworks.com :
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open /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/refresh-packagekit.conf with a text editor and make this change:
enabled=0
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Worked for me, centos 6.6 + xfce (the above solutions are gnome biased)

Cheers, gh

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