error: db3 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db3 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db3 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
error: db3 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
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The issue is related to permissions for application user account on /var/lib/rpm/
[root@ora6crpappast ~]# ls -l /var/lib/rpm/
total 86228
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5550080 Jun 11 10:31 Basenames
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12288 Apr 23 18:47 Conflictname
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 24576 Jul 22 10:17 __db.001
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 237568 Jul 22 10:17 __db.002
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1318912 Jul 22 10:17 __db.003
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 761856 Jul 22 10:17 __db.004
as a root user login to cd /var/lib/rpm/
grant 777 permissions.
chmod 777 *db*
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 24576 Jul 22 10:17 __db.001
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 761856 Jul 22 10:17 __db.004
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 1318912 Jul 22 10:17 __db.003
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 237568 Jul 22 10:17 __db.002
