yum update error : rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 12738/140625764685632 failed

small tips.

How to fix a yum related problem.

# cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) # uname -ri 3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 x86_64

# yum update error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 12738/140625764685632 failed: BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db5 error(-30973) from dbenv->failchk: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db5 -  (-30973) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm CRITICAL:yum.main: Error: rpmdb open failed #

# ls /var/lib/rpm/* /var/lib/rpm/Basenames     /var/lib/rpm/Group         /var/lib/rpm/Requirename /var/lib/rpm/Conflictname  /var/lib/rpm/Installtid    /var/lib/rpm/Sha1header /var/lib/rpm/__db.001      /var/lib/rpm/Name          /var/lib/rpm/Sigmd5 /var/lib/rpm/__db.002      /var/lib/rpm/Obsoletename  /var/lib/rpm/Triggername /var/lib/rpm/__db.003      /var/lib/rpm/Packages /var/lib/rpm/Dirnames      /var/lib/rpm/Providename

rm __db.00* files

# rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* -f # ls /var/lib/rpm/* /var/lib/rpm/Basenames     /var/lib/rpm/Name          /var/lib/rpm/Sha1header /var/lib/rpm/Conflictname  /var/lib/rpm/Obsoletename  /var/lib/rpm/Sigmd5 /var/lib/rpm/Dirnames      /var/lib/rpm/Packages      /var/lib/rpm/Triggername /var/lib/rpm/Group         /var/lib/rpm/Providename /var/lib/rpm/Installtid    /var/lib/rpm/Requirename

try “yum update”

okay. I was able to solve the problem.

# yum update -y Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, versionlock No Packages marked for Update