10
Mar 2009
Rebuilding Rpmdb
Posted in Linux Administration by sibu at 10:03 am |
Getting the following error while running up2date
rpmdb: Program version 4.2 doesn’t match environment version
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Steps to resolve
1. Check for processes holding the rpm database open (usually in MUTEX/FUTEX states):
lsof | grep /var/lib/rpm
If it finds any, kill -9 them all.
2. Delete any temporary DB files:
rm -fv /var/lib/rpm/__*
3. Rebuild your RPM database:
rpm –rebuilddb -v -v
If you still have problems, a reboot is probably quickest, then repeat steps 2 and 3 above.
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