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title: "💭 \"Pacman is currently in use, please wait.\""
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I ran into this issue today, never have I ever before though. Omarchy looking a bit sus on me.  This was even after a fresh boot, no pacman process running. just realized I forgot to check yay which it has installed for me.   I had to force it in.

``` bash
sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
```


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