RPM command stalls computer
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Mar 23 11:56:07 UTC 2007
Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 01:06:57PM +1100, Tony Crouch wrote:
>> It seems to be solely with the 'rpm' command. The same problem occurs if
>> I try the command seperately. For example, rpm -ivh <some-file-name>.rpm.
>> The same also occurs when I try to upgrade (-U) or remove (-e) packages
>> from the rpm database.
>
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> rpm --rebuilddb
FYI, the latter 'rpm --rebuilddb' is rarely needed anymore (and as a matter
of fact, may be more harmful than good).
-- Rex
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