Why does any rpm command return "error: no dbpath has been set error: cannot open Packages database in /%(_dbpath)" ?

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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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