On 04/07/14 12:01 pm, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > > On 04/07/2014 05:51 PM, H wrote: >> Just tried yum clean all but receive exactly the same error message: >> >> rpmdb: unable to join the environment >> error: db3 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable >> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily >> unavailable (11) >> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm >> CRITICAL:yum.main: >> >> I do not remember the last yum update (a couple of weeks ago) going >> wrong but finishing as expected. >> >> Suggestions or ideas? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Hakan >> >> On 04/05/14 09:32 pm, Darr247 wrote: >>> On 06 April 2014 @00:46 zulu, H wrote: >>> >>>> Googling the message I find several-year old posts where it seems that >>>> the database has been corrupted (or similar.) Has anyone else seen this >>>> recently and is there a recommended fix? >>>> >>> If you're in the /etc/sudoers file... >>> $ sudo yum clean all >>> $ sudo rpm --rebuilddb >>> >>> otherwise, try >>> $ su -c yum clean all >>> $ su -c rpm --rebuilddb >>> >>> NB there are 2 dashes in front of rebuilddb. > it's an rpm problem not a yum problem > you've been told to try rpm --rebuilddb , did you? > > and please don't top-post. As you can see it screws things up. Some > people just ignore top-posters, I know I often do. You'll get more help > if you follow the list rules. Same error messages after running: yum clean all rpm --rebuilddb: rpmdb: unable to join the environment error: db3 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11) Could one of the last updates have created this? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos