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I have a computer running RH 8 and the rpm database is completely messed up.

If I try to install the new up2date rpm I get the message saying the rpm is already installed. If I try removing it with the -e I get the message the rpm doesn't exist in the database.

I have tried rebuilding the database: rpm --rebuilddb and rpm --initdb. But these don't seem to do anything.

If I do an rpm -Uvh --force xxxx.rpm this doesn't seem to help either.

The up2date rpm is not the only one I am having problems with. Is there any way to manually go in an update the database? Or completely reload the database?

If you want to query the RPM database for a pattern, type:

Code:

rpm -qa | grep word

To remove a RPM, use the output of the previous command (notice it does not have the .i386.rpm at the end).

To rebuild your RPM database, type:

Code:

rpm -Rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*

rpm -vv --rebuilddb