On 04/07/2014 05:51 PM, H wrote: > Just tried yum clean all but receive exactly the same error message: > > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > error: db3 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily > unavailable (11) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > CRITICAL:yum.main: > > I do not remember the last yum update (a couple of weeks ago) going > wrong but finishing as expected. > > Suggestions or ideas? > > Thank you. > > Hakan > > On 04/05/14 09:32 pm, Darr247 wrote: >> On 06 April 2014 @00:46 zulu, H wrote: >> >>> Googling the message I find several-year old posts where it seems that >>> the database has been corrupted (or similar.) Has anyone else seen this >>> recently and is there a recommended fix? >>> >> If you're in the /etc/sudoers file... >> $ sudo yum clean all >> $ sudo rpm --rebuilddb >> >> otherwise, try >> $ su -c yum clean all >> $ su -c rpm --rebuilddb >> >> NB there are 2 dashes in front of rebuilddb. it's an rpm problem not a yum problem you've been told to try rpm --rebuilddb , did you? and please don't top-post. As you can see it screws things up. Some people just ignore top-posters, I know I often do. You'll get more help if you follow the list rules.