Why does any rpm command return "error: no dbpath has been set error: cannot open Packages database in /%(_dbpath)" ?
Issue
- Executing any rpm command throws below error.
error: no dbpath has been set
error: cannot open Packages database in /%(_dbpath)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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