Oracle Linux: rpm/yum/dnf Commands Fails with “Command failed: rpmdb open failed”
in Linux
Applies to:
Oracle Linux - Version 7 and later
Symptoms
The following errors appear while using rpm/up2date/yum/dnf commands:
$ sudo up2date --nox --register rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery error: db4 error(-30978) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30978) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm An error has occurred: exceptions.TypeError See /var/log/up2date for more information $ sudo yum check-update error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 24669/140693557245760 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
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