.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