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1. Thanks for the help.

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

3. Thanks again, NixCraft!

4. 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 .

5. 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.

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

7. 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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