Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.

This yum error occurs if two yum processes are running at the same time. So to fix the yum error, Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.

Login as root then delete the yum.pid file:
#/var/run/yum.pid           -to remove the lock on the yum process.


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