yum processes hangs

1. Kill all RPM and yum processes

ps aux | grep rpm

 

2. Kill command

kill -9 pid-id

 

3. Kill all up2date

ps aux | grep up2date

 

4. Kill command up2date

kill -9 pid-id

 

5. Remove any RPM lock files

rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*

 

6. Rebuild the rpm database

rpm --rebuilddb

 

7. Cleaning the yum

yum clean all

 

NOW YOU CAN RUN

yum update -y