RPM Database Recovery

 

# cd /var/lib/rpm
# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat -CA

ensure no application has any of the RPM database files open.

# lsof | grep /var/lib/rpm

# cd /var/lib/rpm
# rm -f __db*      # to avoid stale locks
# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages

# rpm -qa 1> /dev/null

 

# rpm -v --rebuilddb