Yum Error (Linux): database disk image is malformed


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Having this error message while running a "yum install" or "yum update" command on your RHEL/CentOS Linux system?

Error: database disk image is malformed

Simply run the following command to fix this issue:

yum clean all

Alternatively, if the problem is still persisting, then try to move the RPM database to a temporary location:

mv /var/lib/rpm/__db* /tmp

And rebuild the RPM database:

rpm --rebuilddb

You may now remove "__db*" from /tmp if everything went as expected.