On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:53:25 -0500, Larry Len Rainey <llrainey15@gmail.com> wrote:

I cannot run zypper ref  or zypper dup as pakagekitd is running for hours and cannot be stopped by saying yes to stop it. Anyone else see this and have a cure?

Do you want PackageKit to never run?   # systemctl stop --now packagekit \     && zypper refresh \     && zypper remove --clean-deps PackageKit \     && zypper addlock --comment 'PK was hung, blocking zypper. BYE!' PackageKit The wiki page [1] gives an incorrect command, 'systemctl disable', and is incomplete, as it does not stop PackageKit from being re-installed automatically. [1]  https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:PackageKit#How_to_disable_PackageKit -- Robert Webb