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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I need help with my installation:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm using the following guide <a
href="http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php" target="_blank">http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php</a>
the problem I am having is early on in the installation process. After running
the following command from section 6:<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'># apt-get update && apt-get
dist-upgrade</span></i><br>
it seems to update fine without any problems. When I go to the next step which
is editing the sources.list and doing another update:<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'># apt-get update</span></i><br>
I get the following error"<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm<br>
E: could not open RPM database</span></i><br>
<br>
I then try the following suggestion:<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>After the big upgrade, you MAY get an error
about being unable to open the rpm database (this used to happen to me w/RHL9,
but hasn't ever with FC). If you do encounter this error, try the following:<br>
# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*<br>
# rpm -vv --rebuilddb </span></i><br>
<br>
After trying this I still get the same error when trying to #apt- get (anything)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please assist.</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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