[CentOS] Yum/rpm error (rpmdb versioning issue?)

Chris Mauritz chrism at imntv.com
Wed Jul 20 11:41:58 UTC 2005


Johnny Hughes wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 06:39 -0400, Chris Mauritz wrote:
>  
>
>>TypeError: rpmdb open failed
>>
>>Trying to rebuild the rpm database results in a similar error.  Any 
>>suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is a remote system that 
>>isn't easy for me to get physical access to.  8-(
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Try removing the files /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* and then rebuilding the
>database with the command:
>
>rpm --rebuilddb
>  
>

That did it!  Thanks guys.

Cheers,

C




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