Hi Fred,
First type rpm --help
Then you will see near the bottom that all you need do is type
rpm --rebuilddb
Please try to keep step one in mind for future use. man rpm can also be
useful.
Have fun,
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Thursday, August 17, 2000, 12:51:56 PM, you wrote:
FH> I tried to upgrade rpm on a workstation and in the course of doing so, I
FH> seem to have smoked the database. How can I rebuild the rpm database (I
FH> don't have a backup of this box)?
FH> I even tried to do a reinstall (install, not upgrade), but the
FH> installation seemed to never try to load any rpm's and just indicated a
FH> successful install. Since I seem to now have an empty rpm database, I
FH> can't load any database without getting dependency faults.
FH> I haven't been able to find anything in the list archives to help.
FH> TIA
FH> Fred
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