Hi, When i try to install anything using rpm -ivh i get the following error. [root@localhost Linux_rpms]# rpm -ivh **************.rpm dbiTagsInit: unrecognized tag name: "Sha1header" ignored dbiTagsInit: unrecognized tag name: "Pubkeys" ignored error: unrecognized db option: "tmpdir" ignored error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm [root@localhost Linux_rpms]# rpm -qa mplayer rpm: one type of query/verify may be performed at a time I tried rpm --rebuilddb and this is wat it gives [root@localhost ~]# rpm --rebuilddb dbiTagsInit: unrecognized tag name: "Sha1header" ignored dbiTagsInit: unrecognized tag name: "Pubkeys" ignored error: unrecognized db option: "tmpdir" ignored error: unrecognized db option: "tmpdir" ignored error: cannot open Packages index Plz help me. THANK YOU. ____________________________________________________ Send a rakhi to your brother, buy gifts and win attractive prizes. Log on to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html