Invisible / Visible Package?

freelanxer · 10-04-2006, 04:08 AM

I was to install an rpm named

:
sysstat-5.0.5-11.rhel3

After using the terminal to install it, an error occured while installing another rpm

.

Code:

  rpmdb: Program version 4.2 doesn't match emvironment version.
  error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument (22)
  error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
  error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
  package another.rpm is not installed

I went to "Systems Settings", "Add/Remove Applications", entered the password the dialog box pops out then it was gone.

I've found a solution that says that it is a bug, so I follow it

:

w w w . linuxquestions. org/ questions/ showthread. php?t=273856
(please remove the spaces)

After executing the solution, the error was gone but another one occured.
When I went again to "Systems Settings", "Add/Remove Applications", entered the password then the Add or Remove Packages dialog box pops out.
Now I was going to update the "GNOME Software Development" (click the checkbox then update), when an error occured

:

Code:

Packages Not Found
...
Unlocatable package            Required by
XFree86-libs         ('XFree86','4.3.0', '113.EL')
XFree86-libs         ('XFree86-xfs','4.3.0', '113.EL')
XFree86-libs         ('XFree86-twm','4.3.0', '113.EL')

I've queried the said package and

:

Code:

[user@serv user]$ rpm -q XFree86-libs
XFree86-libs-4.3.0-113.EL
[user@serv user]$

It seems that it was there after all.
I just don't understand why the "Package Management" can't detect it when the "terminal" can.

By the way, I'm using "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 3)".

This is my first time to handle a Linux-based operating system. Please help.

TheOracle · 10-04-2006, 07:00 AM

Shot in the dark but try
# rpm --rebuilddb

Hth

freelanxer · 10-04-2006, 07:11 PM

Yes Sir, I've already done that.
But before that, I've executed:

Code:

    # rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*

then:

Code:

    # rpm --rebuilddb

That where the "Package Management"("GNOME Software Development" update) is telling me that:

Code:

    Packages Not Found
    ...
    Unlocatable package            Required by
    XFree86-libs         ('XFree86','4.3.0', '113.EL')
    XFree86-libs         ('XFree86-xfs','4.3.0', '113.EL')
    XFree86-libs         ('XFree86-twm','4.3.0', '113.EL')

The worst part is that I can't install the package because it already exist.

Please help.