Description of problem: Every time I try to install something using either yum in the command line or the software installer, I get an error. In the gui software installer i get an 'internal system error' and on the command line i get repeated trying other mirrors and then a traceback error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: every time on my computer Steps to Reproduce: 1.open software installer 2.type in something to install (example: openoffice) 3.says 'downloading list of packages' then error occurs Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: pretty new with Fedora and linux in general...so more info is appreciated
Created attachment 340270 [details] screenshot of the error
What we need is all the text you get when you run yum from the command line, can you paste that into a comment?
I'm pretty sure I have the same problem. This is what I got: An internal system error has occurred: More Details: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Error Type: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'> Error Value: rpmdb open failed File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2316, in <module> main() File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2312, in main backend = PackageKitYumBackend('', lock=True) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 182, in __init__ self.yumbase = PackageKitYumBase(self) File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line 2255, in __init__ self.repos.confirm_func = self._repo_gpg_confirm File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py, line 589, in <lambda> repos = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepos(), File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py, line 395, in _getRepos self._getConfig() # touch the config class first File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py, line 192, in _getConfig self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf) File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py, line 774, in readMainConfig yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg) File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py, line 844, in _getsysver idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg) -----------------------------------------------------------------
495087 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 495087 ***