[WBEL-users] RPM Database Corruption, etc.

[Rex Dieter]

On Mon, 24 May 2004, Ladar Levison wrote:

> database by trying to install a RHEL Postfix RPM package. Whenever I try
> to run any rpm commands "rpm -qa" for example, rpm hangs for several
> minutes before I finall kill it with "kill -9". I've experienced this
> problem before, and I don't know a good way of fixing it. I've tried
> "rpm --initdb" and "rpm --rebuilddb" but both have failed. Does anyone
> have any other suggestions?

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.*
rpm --rebuilddb

-- Rex