SYNOPSIS

rpm {--initdb|--rebuilddb}

DESCRIPTION

The general form of an rpm rebuild database command is

rpm {--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.

AUTHORS

Marc Ewing <[email protected]>
Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>
Erik Troan <[email protected]>
Panu Matilainen <[email protected]>