Oracle Linux: Yum Command Shows "Warning: RPMDB Altered Outside Of Yum" Message (Doc ID 2698728.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 09, 2020

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Goal

Yum install command shows a warning message "Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum." Can we ignore this message?

# yum install /root/wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm
Examining /root/wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm: wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64
Marking /root/wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7_6.1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
 wget x86_64 1.14-18.el7_6.1 /wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64 2.0 M

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package

Total size: 2.0 M
Installed size: 2.0 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
  Installing : wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64 1/1
  Verifying : wget-1.14-18.el7_6.1.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
  wget.x86_64 0:1.14-18.el7_6.1

Complete!

Solution

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