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.TH "RPMDB" "8" "29 June 2010" "Red Hat, Inc"
.SH NAME
rpmdb \- RPM Database Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrpm\fR {\fB--initdb|--rebuilddb\fR}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB--initdb|--rebuilddb\fR} [\fB-v\fR] [\fB--dbpath \fIDIRECTORY\fB\fR] [\fB--root \fIDIRECTORY\fB\fR]
.PP
Use \fB--initdb\fR to create a new database if one doesn't already exist
(existing database is not overwritten), use
\fB--rebuilddb\fR to rebuild the database indices from
the installed package headers.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.nf
\fBpopt\fR(3),
\fBrpm\fR(8),
\fBrpmkeys\fR(8),
\fBrpmsign\fR(8),
\fBrpm2cpio\fR(8),
\fBrpmbuild\fR(8),
\fBrpmspec\fR(8),
.fi
\fBrpm --help\fR - as rpm supports customizing the options via popt aliases
it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the manual matches
what's available.
\fBhttp://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>
\fR
.SH "AUTHORS"
.nf
Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
.fi