Problems with upgrading

General system Pacman & AUR helpers
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yay -Syu
→ /var/lib/pacman/db.lck is present.
→ There may be another Pacman instance running. Waiting…

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  1. Cancel operation
  2. Clean lck:
    sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
  3. Update again
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Thanks

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If/when your issue is resolved, please check the solution box under the post pointing out the solution.

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you can simply update with yay, you don’t need -Syu

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Also for reference:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#%22Failed_to_init_transaction_(unable_to_lock_database)%22_error