Troubleshooting RPM Issues

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Install telnet.

First, let’s become root:

sudo -i

Install the telnet package:

yum install -y telnet

Verify the integrity of the RPM database:

cd /var/lib/rpm/

/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages

Move Packages to Packages.bad and create a new RPM database from Packages.bad:

mv Packages Packages.bad

/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump Packages.bad | /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load Packages

Verify the integrity of the new RPM database:

/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages

Query installed packages for errors:

rpm -qa > /dev/null

Rebuild the RPM database:

rpm -vv --rebuilddb

Install telnet:

yum install -y telnet

Install Apache.

Install Apache:

yum install -y httpd

Edit /etc/yum.conf to remove the exclusion for httpd:

vim /etc/yum.conf

Now, try to install Apache:

yum install -y httpd