Yum will not update - [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

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asked 2013-01-01 17:35:36 -0500

Sebxxx
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updated 2013-09-09 07:11:45 -0500

FranciscoD_
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My Fedora 17 can't make any software update because Yum seems to be crashed. This is the problem:

> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File "/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
>     yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)   File
> "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line
> 319, in user_main
>     errcode = main(args)   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line
> 227, in main
>     return_code = base.doTransaction()   File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line
> 559, in doTransaction
>     problems = self.downloadPkgs(downloadpkgs,
> callback_total=self.download_callback_total_cb)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py",
> line 2280, in downloadPkgs
>     urlgrabber.grabber.parallel_wait()   File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py",
> line 2246, in parallel_wait
>     start(opts, 1)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py",
> line 2144, in start
>     dl.start(opts)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py",
> line 2079, in start
>     dl = _ExternalDownloader()   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py",
> line 2002, in __init__
>     stdout = subprocess.PIPE,   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
> line 679, in __init__
>     errread, errwrite)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
> line 1143, in _execute_child
>     self.pid = os.fork() 
**OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory**

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Okay, I'll bite. Do you have enough free memory?

randomuser ( 2013-01-01 19:40:29 -0500 )edit

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answered 2013-01-03 15:02:31 -0500

Sebxxx
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updated 2013-01-03 15:04:09 -0500

I have repaired it. The real problem wasn't the memory. I have enough. The problem was that the Yum Data Base had some "duplicates" or clones of the repos. We need the yum-utils. Normally it is installed. If not, install it with yum install.

And we just have to write this command (as root):

package-cleanup --cleandupes

It will show us the list of "dupes" and ask us for eliminate them. If we agree, just write yes.

If we want to be sure, just write this command to rebuild the Yum Data Base.

rpm --rebuilddb

And that's all.

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Well this is odd. How does one install yum-utils if yum doesn't work? Was it installed before this problem occurred? Did you install yum-utils using rpm?