Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 153 M RSS (266 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Jul 12 00:03:05 2012 - 06:17 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 4018
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: PackageKit
Memory : 153 M RSS (266 MB VSZ)
Started: Thu Jul 12 00:03:05 2012 - 06:19 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 4018
解决方法：
rm -rf /var/run/yum.pid 来强行解除锁定，然后你的yum就可以运行了
yum提示another app is currently holding the yum lock;waiting for it to exit
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/zhangkaimin/p/4483867.html