[TriLUG] RPM - can't install or erase a package

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 11/16/06, Christopher L Merrill <chris at webperformance.com> wrote:
> Mark Fowle wrote:
> > Chris just curious -- did you try uninstalling? (just in case) ?
> > What linux are you using?
>
> Yeah, we tried uninstalling the package with a number of "force this"
> and "force that" options.  Then we tried manually removing all the
> files in the package and eventually hosed something good.  "man" stopped
> working :>
>
> Since it was a fresh install of CentOS, we decided to wipe it and
> re-install the OS.  Another mystery left unsolved...

Did you try rpm --rebuilddb?

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