yum db error - what to do?

alan alan at clueserver.org
Thu Feb 1 18:50:40 UTC 2007


On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Dave Stevens wrote:

> trying to do yuom install scribus I get this:
>
> Component: Software Installer
> Summary: TB6b5e0e87 config.py:661:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open
> failed

This is one of two problems.

Either it is the rpm locking problem (which is a known issue).  Reboot the 
machine and see if the problem goes away.  If it does, then it is a known 
issue.

I have also seen some problems where yum errors out.  Running "yum clean 
all" seems to fix the problem.

If those two fail try "rpm --rebuilddb".

Hope that helps.


>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 243, in ?
>    main()
>  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 236, in main
>    pkginst = SinglePackageInstaller()
>  File "/usr/sbin/system-install-packages", line 57, in __init__
>    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 124,
> in
> __init__
>    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 125, in
> doConfigSetup
>    self.conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 598, in
> readMainConfig
>    yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot,
> startupconf.distroverpkg)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 661, in
> _getsysver
>    idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
> TypeError: rpmdb open failed
>
> Local variables in innermost frame:
> installroot: /
> ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x9323b0c>
> distroverpkg: redhat-release
>
> I get very similar messages doing just yum with no arguments.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Dave
>
>
>

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