> When Red Hat used to do this occasional (stalled rpm), the trick to get it > moving again was to kill rpm, cd /var/lib/rpm, and mv __db.00? to another > directory (like /var/lib/rpm/bak). Then try using rpm to install/upgrade > a package. The procedure I use is :- Kill any running rpm process rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* rpm --rebuilddb HTH Vic.