why is database location under /${prefix} ?

[Rob Maidment]

I have built RPM 4.7.0 and installed it as per the instructions in the
INSTALL file, culminating in a successful call to "make install".  My
linux is "from scratch", the kernel version is 2.6.27.4.  

Following the install of RPM there is no RPM database (the Packages file
does not exist anywhere).  If I execute "rpm --initdb" a folder called
"${prefix}" (literally, but without the quotes) is created under root
and I end up with the following files:

 

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/Packages

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/__db.000

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/__db.001

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/__db.002

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/__db.003

/${prefix}/var/lib/rpm/__db.004

 

If I then try to install a package I get the following error: "ERROR:
Cannot get shared lock on RPM Database."

 

Does anyone know why my database is in such a strange location, and why
I cannot install any packages?

 

TIA,

Rob

 

 

 

 

 

 


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