Controls-docs/admin-guide/troubleshooting/package_management.md

Package Management

Berkley DB Issue

If the error message is

error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 21389/140229907089216 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

then do

mv /var/lib/rpm/__db* /tmp
yum clean all

Rebuild RPM Database

When yum, dnf or rpm hang or have errors pointing to a problem with their database, then follow the Guide to rebuild a corrupted RPM database