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tried to install squid with command

yum install squid

and it consistently hangs on

Running Transaction

Had no problems with hundreds of other packages. Does anyone have an idea on what could be the problem?

edit: tried both: yum clean all + changing mirror, and rebuild rpm, doesn't help.


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I wonder if you have a corrupted package. I suggest running yum clean all and start again. You probably will get a different mirror and a fresh download.

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I would try Keith's suggestion of "yum clean all" first. If that doesn't work, I have encountered a situation like this when there is actually an issue with the RPM database.

You can try to rebuild the RPM database by doing:

sudo rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* (you could move them to a temporary directory to be cautious)

sudo /bin/rpm --rebuilddb

After that completes, try the "yum install squid" again.

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