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I get the following error when I type rpm:

rpm: error while loading shared libraries: librpm-4.3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How could this library have gone missing? How can I get these packages and fix my version of rpm for my OS (CentOS 6.7)? Thanks!

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  1. Navigate to the Centos Mirror.
  2. Select your architecture (i386 for 32bit, x86_64 for 64bit)
  3. Click the Packages link
  4. Download the rpm-libs-4.8.0-55.el6.[arch].rpm package.
  5. cd to the root directory cd /
  6. Unpack the rpm using: sudo rpm2cpio /path/to/rpm-libs-4.8.0-55.el6.[arch].rpm | cpio -idmv

This will unpack and install 3 libraries and 3 symlinks in the package to where they belong.

If you are more cautious, unpack them to a working directory and manually move them over, paying strict attention to syslinks and permissions.

On my system (Centos 6.7, x86_64) the packages are in /usr/lib64 with the following permissions:

lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     20 Oct 24 20:13 librpmbuild.so.1 -> librpmbuild.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 155344 May 10  2016 librpmbuild.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     17 Oct 24 20:13 librpmio.so.1 -> librpmio.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 183968 May 10  2016 librpmio.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     15 Oct 24 20:13 librpm.so.1 -> librpm.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 435496 May 10  2016 librpm.so.1.0.0
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  • Thanks; I can't run this, though, because rpm2cpio depends upon the same library.
    – jxmorris12
    Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 20:03
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    In this case, you will probably need to unpack the files on another Linux host and manually move them into place on the effected host. Unpack the RPM as a normal user (not sudo) into a working directory. After moving them into place, set the permissions as above. (chown root:root librpm*)
    – Glenn Bell
    Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 22:25

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