Fedora 7

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: July 25, 2007 7 comments

If rpm / yum command hangs during operations or you see error messages – it means your rpm database corrupted. /var/lib/rpm/ stores rpm database just delete the same and rebuild rpm database:

Command to rebuild rpm database

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* rpm --rebuilddb
Read rpm / yum man pages for more information

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Jerto Apr 27, 2009 @ 17:55

Thanks for the help.

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Avin Mar 3, 2010 @ 12:13

Thanks………..This is simple and Best solution..

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Robert Peckham Jun 30, 2010 @ 16:01

Thanks again, NixCraft!

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Rajnish Kumar Jul 7, 2011 @ 7:40

Hi i am facing the same problem , i an not able to install any rpm through rpm commands or yum .
when i run rpm -ivh package name i got below error :
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
even i am not able to remove the /var/lib/rpm then __db.00* file
i got the below error :=
[root@Rajnish rpm]# rm -rf __db.00*
rm: cannot remove `__db.001′: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `__db.002′: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `__db.003′: Permission denied
[root@Rajnish rpm]#

i am using centos 5.4 for Detaill :-
uname -a
Linux Rajnish 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 14:58:14 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

any suggestion . how can i get out from here .

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Alden Jul 24, 2011 @ 1:24

Rajnish,
I have had this problem in the past. I *believe* it happens when a running process is accessing the files.

Also, are you running as root? That could be why you are getting the “Permission denied” error.

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Ankit Jun 6, 2012 @ 6:35

Thnks alot 🙂 it was sucks too mch thanks once again 🙂

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Tim Sep 19, 2012 @ 18:20

Hello.

I hit this same problem. Your solution put me in the right direction, however, your syntax needs a little more. Please try the following instead.

cd /var/lib/rpm
rm -rf __db*
rpm –rebuilddb

Note the ‘r’ for recursion in the remove command.

Cheers.

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