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An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.
https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/
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[gui error report] Error: Initializing daemon... #2679

Closed naiba4 closed 11 months ago

naiba4 commented 11 months ago

👉️ Please describe what you were doing when this error happened.

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Error


Error: Initializing daemon...
Kubo version: 0.22.0
Repo version: 14
System version: amd64/windows
Golang version: go1.19.12
Error: lock C:\Users\naiba\.ipfs\repo.lock: someone else has the lock

    at errorTemplate (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:78:49)
    at loadWindow (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:129:26)
    at showMigrationPrompt (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\migration-prompt.js:134:3)
    at startIpfsWithLogs (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\daemon.js:193:9)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async startDaemon (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\daemon.js:230:21)
    at async startIpfs (C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.js:49:17)
    at async C:\Users\naiba\AppData\Local\Programs\IPFS Desktop\resources\app.asar\src\daemon\index.j
SgtPooki commented 11 months ago

@naiba4 Please follow the instructions at https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop#i-got-a-repolock-error-how-do-i-resolve-this to resolve this error.

I'm closing this issue as this is a very well understood error that is easy to resolve, but please re-open and provide more details if you run into any issues!