NAME

       rpmdb - RPM Database Tool

SYNOPSIS

       rpmdb {--initdb|--rebuilddb}

       rpmdb {--verifydb}

       rpmdb {--exportdb|--importdb}

DESCRIPTION

       The general form of an rpmdb command is

       rpmdb {--initdb|--rebuilddb} [-v] [--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root DIRECTORY]

       Use  --initdb  to  create  a  new  database  if  one  doesn't  already  exist  (existing  database is not
       overwritten), use --rebuilddb to rebuild the database indices from the installed package headers.

       --verifydb performs a low-level integrity check on the database.

       --exportdb exports the database in header-list format, suitable  for  transporting  to  another  host  or
       database type.

       --importdb imports a database from a header-list format as created by --exportdb.

SEE ALSO

       popt(3), rpm(8), rpmkeys(8), rpmsign(8), rpm2cpio(8), rpmbuild(8), rpmspec(8)

       rpmdb  --help  - as rpm(8) supports customizing the options via popt aliases it's impossible to guarantee
       that what's described in the manual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS

              Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
              Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
              Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
              Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>

                                                  29 June 2010                                          RPMDB(8)