Hi guys hru all I'm John frm florida

executed the command rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/*

how to recover /var/lib/rpm/* ?

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does not work rpm --rebuilddb

executed the command rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/*

But why?

Try deleting system32

That might work

Try deleting system32

LOL.

Well, I did my research...

And under that path the file are owned by: fritz  /  var  lib  rpm  rpm -qf /var/lib/rpm/* rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 file /var/lib/rpm/Enhancename is not owned by any package file /var/lib/rpm/Filetriggername is not owned by any package rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 file /var/lib/rpm/Recommendname is not owned by any package rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 file /var/lib/rpm/Suggestname is not owned by any package file /var/lib/rpm/Supplementname is not owned by any package file /var/lib/rpm/Transfiletriggername is not owned by any package rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64

Well that's not ideal.

how to recover /var/lib/rpm/* ?

We have to find a way to reinstall rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64

@vavanav honestly tho I think you just need to reinstall. If you were trying to fix a corrupt DB, you should have just removed those specific files, not the whole dir

I downloaded the rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64 with dnf download rpm, the package is 2MB but the files @vavanav deleted sums around 80MB :(

@vavanav honestly tho I think you just need to reinstall. If you were trying to fix a corrupt DB, you should have just removed those specific files, not the whole dir

Reinstall it is.

Not a big deal if you just backup your /home partition

Installing packages is fast af on fedora

tried to install the package. the system began to reinstall the packages

Installing from Software Centre never worked for me, it always return an error. Moreover, I have codecs installed that Software Centre show as available to install. Using Dnfdragora or terminal is far better.

Failed: filesystem.x86_64 3.3-3.fc27

This is a good one.

Installing from Software Centre never worked for me, it always return an error. Moreover, I have codecs installed that Software Centre show as available to install. Using Dnfdragora or terminal is far better.

GNOME software works well for GUI apps, but is shit for everything else. For me...

@vavanav given you will have to make a fresh install... you will not lose anything if you try to solve it XD, make sure you have a backup if /home don't live in a separate partition. But first, download the rpm package from: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/rpm/4.14.0/2.fc27/x86_64/rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64.rpm And then give a read to this: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-extract-an-rpm-package-without-installing-it.html

GNOME software works well for GUI apps, but is shit for everything else. For me...

That's why I use terminal and Dnfdragora. Well, not now because the servers are down, but you know, usually.

That's why I use terminal and Dnfdragora. Well, not now because the servers are down, but you know, usually.

Yeee

Wait, what? The servers are down now?? :(

Dnf is awesome...

They're moving them.

That's why there were no updates last week.

Ohh okk

Moving them where?

A bigger better space with more resources.

Oh kewl, that's always noice..

Adding machines too.

Yeah, it was a general move. Zodbot only owrked at times, Fedora Magazine was down, etc.

Oh kewl.

Fedora is developing rapidly...

/me laughs compared to Ubuntu's spiral to nothingless.

@vavanav given you will have to make a fresh install... you will not lose anything if you try to solve it XD, make sure you have a backup if /home don't live in a separate partition. But first, download the rpm package from: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/rpm/4.14.0/2.fc27/x86_64/rpm-4.14.0-2.fc27.x86_64.rpm And then give a read to this: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-extract-an-rpm-package-without-installing-it.html

Meh, ./var/lib/rpm was empty T_T

/me laughs compared to Ubuntu's spiral to nothingless.

Yeah, well... I've been laughing since they gave up with Unity and moved to Gnome. I'm no fan of Gnome but I was seeing it coming for years. I'm amazed that it took so long.

Yeah, well... I've been laughing since they gave up with Unity and moved to Gnome. I'm no fan of Gnome but I was seeing it coming for years. I'm amazed that it took so long.

Yeah heheh

I prefer Unity

I use gnome only for 2 reasons

Wayland

Well, I don't. If Gnome lacks a lot of stuff, Unity lacked even more. Last time I tried to use it, I couldn't even change the appearance.

It is the oficial Desktop of Fedora

Mmh. Okay.

I prefer a desktop that works.

But I won't get in this discussion again.

ERROR: S client not available

gnome works for some people myself included.

True.

That's why I'm not getting into the discussion again.

It would work for me if it wasn't for the system tray & notification area. Hidding my notifications in the calendar it's annoying. But that's me. I understand that others think different.

Emacs ?

Atom has a nice markdown preview. But I use HackMD (self-hosted) via Webbrowser for most markdown writing

Gnome works perfectly fine

It's the default DE in every major distro

Gnome works perfectly fine

depends on the user though haha

Even SUSE

GNOME devs make changes without consulting their users

And bad changes

Even SUSE

SUSE always been KDE. Did they changed? OpenSuse shows a list from where to choose one or more default desktops to be installed. Debian and Arch do the same. You have a list of desktops alongside an option to install with no graphical interface.

The two main DEs of OpenSuse are KDE/GNOME now.

GNOME devs make changes without consulting their users

Agree with this. But as I said it's a matter of preferences and workflows. Some like it, others don't.

SUSE =/= openSUSE

The two main DEs of OpenSuse are KDE/GNOME now.

The main desktops are KDE & Gnome. Full stop. Those are the ones with bigger communities and longest history. But that doesn't change the fact that during the install you're offered a list of desktops to choose. Therefore, there is no default.

SUSE always been KDE. Did they changed? OpenSuse shows a list from where to choose one or more default desktops to be installed. Debian and Arch do the same. You have a list of desktops alongside an option to install with no graphical interface.

They changed quite a while ago

So you don't know what suse is, I presume

Literally said here that I know they're different :^)

SUSE =/= openSUSE

hey guys, trying to install postinstallerf however facing problem with it. Got following error : Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'postinstallerf', disabling. Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'postinstallerf-updates', disabling.