Help, how do I recover from: Kylix 3 install kills MD9 rpm database

[Kevin Brown]

rpm has commands to rebuild or initiate the rpm database to fix errors like 
this.  My guess is that Kylix hasn't been updated to work properly with rpm4.

man rpm

rpm --initdb
or
rpm --rebuilddb

> I don't know how to recover from this, other than a
> full install.  Any suggestions?

>>I have Mandrake 9.0 (purchased PwrPak) installed on
>>this VAIO lap. When I try to install Kylix
>>(purchased
>>Pro, ver 3) using the setup script, it fails with
>>message " Error -10 when trying to install Kylix" in
>>the pop-up window and this message in the terminal
>>window: "Unable to install RPM file:

> 'setup.data/packages/kylix3_main_program_files-1.0-1.i386.rpm'
> 
>>"
>>
>>Subsequent rpm requests indicate a messed-up rpm
>>database.  For example: 
>># rpm -qa
>>rpmdb: Program version 4.0.14 doesn't match
>>environment version 3.1.14
>>error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid
>>argument
>>error: cannot open Packages index using db3 -
>>Invalid
>>argument (22)
>>
>>Attempting to do an "upgrade" of MD9 just to recover
>>the rpm db result in a similar msg.
>>
>>Attempts to use the fix in Mandrake FAQ (Incident
>>#35649) fail as well:
>>
>>rpm]# db_dump Packages-ORIG |db_load Packages     
>>mkdir: cannot create directory
>>`/usr/local/bin/.libs':
>>File exists
>>
>>
>>(I also determined that 'Packages' had not been
>>altered)
>>
>>The only "recovery" is a full install of MD9
>>resulrpm]# db_dump Packages-ORIG |db_load Packages  
>> 
>>
>>mkdir: cannot create directory
>>`/usr/local/bin/.libs':
>>File exists
>>rpm]# db_dump Packages-ORIG |db_load Packages     
>>mkdir: cannot create directory
>>`/usr/local/bin/.libs':
>>File existsting in a lot of lost effort.
>>
>>Any help available? Thanks in advance,
>>Gene Holmerud