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RPM stopped working... help
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Hi,
Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06 (part
of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several rpms this
way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e or even -qa
the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm or
how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
Thanks,
I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some thing
are just more practical with rpms
Yours,
Willem Kossen
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| J.O. Aho 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Willem Kossen wrote:quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06 (part
> of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several rpms this
> way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e or even -qa
> the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm or
> how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
__db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be gone.
I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
extremly buggy.
quote:
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some thing
> are just more practical with rpms
If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
those dependency problems sooner or later.
//Aho
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| J.O. Aho 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Willem Kossen wrote:quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06 (part
> of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several rpms this
> way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e or even -qa
> the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm or
> how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
__db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be gone.
I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
extremly buggy.
quote:
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some thing
> are just more practical with rpms
If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
those dependency problems sooner or later.
//Aho
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| On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:47:09 +0000, Willem Kossen wrote:
quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06
> (part of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several
> rpms this way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e
> or even -qa the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm
> or how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some
> thing are just more practical with rpms
>
> Yours,
>
> Willem Kossen
Dude,
It's not too hard to fix. Before you rebuild the rpm database (rpm --rebuild)
you delete the __db.001 and __db.002 somewhere under the /var/lib/rpm
directory. Sorry, I can't seem to find the files at the moment. Hope
this helps
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| On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:47:09 +0000, Willem Kossen wrote:
quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06
> (part of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several
> rpms this way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e
> or even -qa the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm
> or how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some
> thing are just more practical with rpms
>
> Yours,
>
> Willem Kossen
Dude,
It's not too hard to fix. Before you rebuild the rpm database (rpm --rebuild)
you delete the __db.001 and __db.002 somewhere under the /var/lib/rpm
directory. Sorry, I can't seem to find the files at the moment. Hope
this helps
| |
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| On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:47:09 +0000, Willem Kossen wrote:
quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06
> (part of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several
> rpms this way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e
> or even -qa the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm
> or how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some
> thing are just more practical with rpms
>
> Yours,
>
> Willem Kossen
Dude,
It's not too hard to fix. Before you rebuild the rpm database (rpm --rebuild)
you delete the __db.001 and __db.002 somewhere under the /var/lib/rpm
directory. Sorry, I can't seem to find the files at the moment. Hope
this helps
| |
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| On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:47:09 +0000, Willem Kossen wrote:
quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06
> (part of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several
> rpms this way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e
> or even -qa the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm
> or how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some
> thing are just more practical with rpms
>
> Yours,
>
> Willem Kossen
Dude,
It's not too hard to fix. Before you rebuild the rpm database (rpm --rebuild)
you delete the __db.001 and __db.002 somewhere under the /var/lib/rpm
directory. Sorry, I can't seem to find the files at the moment. Hope
this helps
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| On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:47:09 +0000, Willem Kossen wrote:
quote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly rpm stopped working. I upgraded recently to version 4.1-1.06
> (part of redhat 80). I was able to install, upgrade and remove several
> rpms this way. Today suddenly it didn't work anymore. when i -i -Uvh or -e
> or even -qa the rpm seems to hang. It won't stop without being killed. I
> tried --rebuilddb, but that also hangs. Anyone an idea how to revive rpm
> or how to install it from source (where to get the source???).
>
> Thanks,
>
> I'm pretty desperate. I do install most software from tar.gz, but some
> thing are just more practical with rpms
>
> Yours,
>
> Willem Kossen
Dude,
It's not too hard to fix. Before you rebuild the rpm database (rpm --rebuild)
you delete the __db.001 and __db.002 somewhere under the /var/lib/rpm
directory. Sorry, I can't seem to find the files at the moment. Hope
this helps
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Thanks, It helped
Willem
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:bjt16n$n18vd$2@ID-130698.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> Willem Kossen wrote:
(part[QUOTE][color=darkred]
this[QUOTE][color=darkred]
even -qa[QUOTE][color=darkred]
or[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
> __db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be
gone.quote:
> I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
> extremly buggy.
>
>
thing[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
> those dependency problems sooner or later.
>
>
> //Aho
>
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Thanks, It helped
Willem
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:bjt16n$n18vd$2@ID-130698.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> Willem Kossen wrote:
(part[QUOTE][color=darkred]
this[QUOTE][color=darkred]
even -qa[QUOTE][color=darkred]
or[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
> __db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be
gone.quote:
> I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
> extremly buggy.
>
>
thing[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
> those dependency problems sooner or later.
>
>
> //Aho
>
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Thanks, It helped
Willem
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:bjt16n$n18vd$2@ID-130698.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> Willem Kossen wrote:
(part[QUOTE][color=darkred]
this[QUOTE][color=darkred]
even -qa[QUOTE][color=darkred]
or[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
> __db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be
gone.quote:
> I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
> extremly buggy.
>
>
thing[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
> those dependency problems sooner or later.
>
>
> //Aho
>
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Thanks, It helped
Willem
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:bjt16n$n18vd$2@ID-130698.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> Willem Kossen wrote:
(part[QUOTE][color=darkred]
this[QUOTE][color=darkred]
even -qa[QUOTE][color=darkred]
or[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
> __db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be
gone.quote:
> I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
> extremly buggy.
>
>
thing[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
> those dependency problems sooner or later.
>
>
> //Aho
>
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| Willem Kossen 2004-01-23, 7:48 pm |
| Thanks, It helped
Willem
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:bjt16n$n18vd$2@ID-130698.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> Willem Kossen wrote:
(part[QUOTE][color=darkred]
this[QUOTE][color=darkred]
even -qa[QUOTE][color=darkred]
or[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> look in your /var/lib/rpm and you will find some files named __db.001,
> __db.002 and __db.003, delete thise and your problem will most liekly be
gone.quote:
> I do suggest you do update the RPM that you have, as the one for RH8 is
> extremly buggy.
>
>
thing[QUOTE][color=darkred]
>
> If yousing an RPM based system, then it's best to only use RPMs or you get
> those dependency problems sooner or later.
>
>
> //Aho
>
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