Yum doesn't work

[dembondy]

Hi
I have been using Fedora Core 6 for some days now, and yum (and its graphical version pirut) have been working just fine until yesterday. Trying to open Pirut I get following error:

Component: Software Manager
Summary: TBc3704fb6 config.py:656:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 445, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 438, in main
pm = PackageManager(options.config)
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 60, in __init__
GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
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 597, in readMainConfig
vars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 656, in _getsysver
idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
installroot: /
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x9d9958c>
distroverpkg: redhat-release


Can anyone please help me!
Thank you.

[RahulSundaram]

Originally Posted by dembondy

Hi
I have been using Fedora Core 6 for some days now, and yum (and its graphical version pirut) have been working just fine until yesterday. Trying to open Pirut I get following error:

Component: Software Manager
Summary: TBc3704fb6 config.py:656:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 445, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 438, in main
pm = PackageManager(options.config)
File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 60, in __init__
GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
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 597, in readMainConfig
vars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 656, in _getsysver
idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
installroot: /
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x9d9958c>
distroverpkg: redhat-release


Can anyone please help me!
Thank you.

This probably is due to rpm db getting corrupted because of a rpm process being terminated prematurely.
Follow instructions in http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/

# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
# rpm -vv --rebuilddb

This should fix your problem. Make sure you have the latest kernel update. Older versions induced a rpm db corrupted in some occasions.

[dembondy]

Thank you for the tip!
Pirut still doesn't work, but at least yum does... I guess I'll try installing another GUI for yum.

[offcenter77]

Try yumex. I like it much better than Pirut:


yum install yumex