Removing yum-updatesd
If you get the error "Another application is running which is accessing software information" but you are not updating your packages, the problem is yum-updatesd. yum-updatesd is supposed to check regularly if you have any updates. Unfortunately it locks all package programs like yum and pup. To fix this remove yum-updatesd
Applicable to Fedora Versions
Doing the work
- Stop the yum-updatesd daemon:
su -c 'service yum-updatesd stop'
- Remove the yum-updatesd package:
su -c 'yum remove yum-updatesd'
- You may now update using pup and install software via pirut. However because you will not be notified when updates are available, be sure to run yum update regularly:
su -c 'yum update'
More Information
Disclaimer
We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on irc.freenode.net