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by **John Rogers** » Tue, 09 Nov 1999 04:00:00

I have Mandrake Linux installed. I want to add several RPM packages, but
cannot. I get a message that there is no list of installed packages in
/var/lib/rpm/packages (I think this is the directory mentioned). I checked
the directory mentioned, and, indeed, it is empty. Is there any method of
directing Linux to fill this directory with a list of installed packages?
Thanks for any help.
John Rogerson

by M » Tue, 09 Nov 1999 04:00:00

>I have Mandrake Linux installed. I want to add several RPM packages, but
>cannot. I get a message that there is no list of installed packages in
>/var/lib/rpm/packages (I think this is the directory mentioned). I checked
>the directory mentioned, and, indeed, it is empty. Is there any method of
>directing Linux to fill this directory with a list of installed packages?
>Thanks for any help.
>John Rogerson

Do a man rpm, you want to rebuild the database.

Joe

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by **Collin W. Hitchco** » Tue, 09 Nov 1999 04:00:00

> I have Mandrake Linux installed. I want to add several RPM packages, but
> cannot. I get a message that there is no list of installed packages in
> /var/lib/rpm/packages (I think this is the directory mentioned). I checked
> the directory mentioned, and, indeed, it is empty. Is there any method of
> directing Linux to fill this directory with a list of installed packages?
> Thanks for any help.
> John Rogerson

/var/lib/rpm/ is where rpm *keeps* its list of packages (along with
other package info). Somehow the contents of this directory have been
clobbered on your system.

Collin

by **youn..** » Wed, 10 Nov 1999 04:00:00

> I have Mandrake Linux installed. I want to add several RPM packages, but
> cannot. I get a message that there is no list of installed packages in
> /var/lib/rpm/packages (I think this is the directory mentioned). I checked
> the directory mentioned, and, indeed, it is empty. Is there any method of
> directing Linux to fill this directory with a list of installed packages?
> Thanks for any help.
> John Rogerson

Are you logged in as 'root' when you are installing packages? You have
to be...

by **David Philip** » Wed, 10 Nov 1999 04:00:00

On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 01:17:03 GMT, John Rogerson

> I have Mandrake Linux installed. I want to add several RPM packages, but
> cannot. I get a message that there is no list of installed packages in
> /var/lib/rpm/packages (I think this is the directory mentioned). I checked
> the directory mentioned, and, indeed, it is empty. Is there any method of
> directing Linux to fill this directory with a list of installed packages?

Try man rpm and read the part REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS.
BTW this is the first thing you should have done - RTFM. In this case it's
very easy to find.

Bye David

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