Fixing error: db5 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable on CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux

If you hit the error “db5 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable” when using yum or dnf, you can fix it with a single command

rpm --rebuilddb

The root cause is a corrupted database holding the list of installed packages, which needs to be repaired.

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