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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