Hi
I just reinstalled opensuse 11.4 on a lenovo ideapad. The install went well and afterwards I was installing other packages. In the midst of this I started getting a error both from the gui software management package and zypper.(I tried zypper to see what would happen). I thought at first a simple refresh of the repos or a reboot would probably solve this but it did not.
All attempts to do any software manage failsnow.
The basic error is ( tail of a long list from zypper)
error: error(-30987) getting “” records from Requireversion index
error: db3 error(-30987) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
error: error(-30987) getting “” records from Requireversion index
error: db3 error(-30987) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
error: error(-30987) getting “” records from Provideversion index
from a zypper update and something about the same from the gui.
How can I solve this? Thanks
Please try the following, it take a minute or so
sudo rpmdb --rebuilddb
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Just wondering what causes this to happen? Is there links about this that you know about. I
The install went well and afterwards I was installing other packages. In the midst of this I started getting a error both from the gui software management package and zypper.(I tried zypper to see what would happen).
This can happen if an install is interrupted mid-way. I can’t explain all the possible scenarios easily, but I’m glad such tools exist for recovery. These links may increase your understanding.
HowTo recover from a corrupt rpm database | Linux Sysadmin Blog
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