rpm installation fails due to depencency /bin/sh not found

Question

i am trying to install a package using rpm, for which i have created a different database using rpmdb --initdb --dbpath $HOME/myrpmdb and specifying that path in t

Answer 1

Why use a different rpm database? There should be a really good reason to go this route...

If you must have a private rpm db, you can copy the system db into your private one cp /var/lib/rpm/* ~/myrpmdb/.

installing with --nodeps may be the easiest way... copying the rpm db is really sub-optimal, it will soon be out of date and not reflect the state of the system.

Answer 2

Right way install rpm via alien:

alien -i my_rpm_name.rpm

If alien is not installed:

sudo apt-get install alien

Answer 3

error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by XXX

This happens because bash rpm is not available in the new rpmdb path. You would have to use following to get the rpm installed.

# rpm --dbpath $HOME/myrpmdb --nodeps -ivh XXX.rpm

Answer 4

Because you've told it to use a completely different database, rpm doesn't look at the system database which is where /bin/sh would be found.