rpm rebuild db
On rare occasions, rpm locks up. The issue is probably a broken database, so try cleaning it and rebuilding it. Remove the rpm db files Rebuild the database.
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb
Additionally, you can clean up the .lock files, after confirming no yum or rpm processes are running.
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/.*.lock
So many Internet references discuss rebuilding the rpm database, so so specific sources are provided.
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