How to Rebuild RPM Database

Follow these steps

Take the backup of /var/lib/rpm Directory

1) tar zcvf /var/lib/rpm.backup.tar.gz /var/lib/rpm

Verify Integrity
2) cd /var/lib/rpm
3) rm –f __db*
4) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages

Dump & Load Package
5) mv Packages packages.backup
6) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump Packages.backup | /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load Packages
7) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages
8) rpm –qa

Final Step to rebuild database
9) rpm –vv –rebuilddb

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