Problem with RPM's and the YaST-Softwareinstaller

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1

hi

i installed opensuse 11.2 on a usb-stick and it works fine.

or better said, it worked fine till i broke anything again (i’m quite new to linux).

my problems:
1: when i try to install the flashplayer by using the rpm-package that i downloaded from adobe.com, i get this failure:
“internal system error”, detailed info says: “[PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.R3BQAg] Repository already exists.”.
2: when i try to install new software with the yast-software-installer i get a failure like this, no matter what packet i try to install:

Subprocess failed. Error: RPM fehlgeschlagen: rpmdb: PANIC: Invalid argument
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_put: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) storing record 4.0-1 into Requireversion
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "3.0.4-1" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbcursor->c_get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: error(-30977) getting "4.4.6-1" records from Requireversion index
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Provideversion index using db3 -  (-30977)
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Installtid index using db3 -  (-30977)
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Sigmd5 index using db3 -  (-30977)
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Sha1header index using db3 -  (-30977)
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
error: cannot open Filedigests index using db3 -  (-30977)
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->sync: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery

now i don’t know which recovery is meant and how i can fix all this in general :frowning:

2

update of my problem:
when i try to install the flashplayer-rpm now, i get this message:
“failed to get supported types for the backend: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1”
instead of the message before

3

I have the same issue. Is there still a solution already? :S

linux-8j1v:/home/bigb/downloads # rpm -Uvh ifuse-1.0.0-3.2.x86_64.rpm
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
package ifuse-1.0.0-3.2.x86_64 is already installed

4

You need to rebuild your database. First you should create a backup to your database ( /var/lib/rpm/ ). You can use YaST’s tool or comand line:

cd /var/lib
mkdir rpm-backup
rsync -av ./rpm/. ./rpm-backup/.

I prefer YaST. Then make sure you are not accessing the database( if you are running zypper or yast stop them or better wait for them to finish).
After that run:

rpm -vv --rebuilddb

You should have no problems after this. If you have problems or just want to learn some techie stuff read this Repair an RPM database safely.
Let us know how the operation ended:P

5

well, i have the same problem, followed the instructions and it made no difference. whenever i try to install an RPM package using the installer i get the error:

failed to get supported types for the backend: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

tried with skype, flash player and opera - no luck
all 3 went fine when using rpm from the terminal window.

any ideas?
thanks

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I’m confused, can you clarify?
You followed the rpm database rebuild instructions suggested by Siminin?
And you are still receiving the DB4 error messages?

Which package installer are you using?
When you use the rpm command line rpm packages install without problem?