On Wed, 4 May 2005 11:10:04 +0200 , Padiyath Sreekumaran wrote: > > Hello, > Iam having the following problem: > #rpm -qa gave the following output > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > > Then I did the following: > > #mkdir /var/lib/rpm > #rpm --initdb > # ls -la /var/lib/rpm > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 4 08:58 . > drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 May 4 08:57 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 May 4 08:57 Packages > > > When I execute "rpm -qa" I get no output.Iam missing a lot of information > in rpm directory. Right, the entire database is missing, and you initialised an empty one after creating the directory. > How can I recreate it? Restore the files from your backups. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
