[rhelv6-list] _rpm.error: rpmdb open failed

[Eugene Vilensky]

On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:13:24 -0500, Russell Jones <russell at jonesmail.me>  
wrote:

>
>    Hi all,
>
>    
>    I have an issue on 6.4 where doing a "yum install" into a rootdir
>    utilizing RHEL 5 packages on a RHEL 6.4 box results in the following
>    error:
>
>

   <snip>



>                mi = ts.dbMatch('name', name)
>
>            _rpm.error: rpmdb open failed
>
>            yum invocation failed
>
>    
>    
>    
>    Doing the exact same command on a RHEL 6.3 box works fine. This only
>    happens after I upgrade the server to 6.4. I've tried tracking down
>    the changes in yum between 6.3 (3.2.29-30) and 6.4 (3.2.29-40) and
>    do not see any changes that seem like they would result in this
>    behavior.
>    
>    I am not sure what the above error means, or where to begin on
>    resolving this problem. Thoughts?
>
>

What happens if you try to install with rpm -i <file.rpm> ?