Rebuild .deb packages database

[Jay Mistry]

Is there a command to rebuild the package database in Ubuntu -
equivalent to the  < rpmdb --rebuilddb / rpm --rebuilddb > for
RPM-based systems (Fedora/openSUSE), as mentioned here  (/would like
to do this from CLI, rather than from Synaptic/ )
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2007/10/repair-corrupt-rpm-database.html

For openSUSE, the corresponding cmds are as given here:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Speed_up_Package_Manager_Stack#Defragment_internally

> $ su
> # cp /var/lib/rpm/__db.001 /home/(user)
> # rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.001
> # cp /var/lib/rpm/__db.002 /home/(user)
> # rm /var/lib/rpm/ __db.002

> # rpm –rebuilddb

Thanks,

Jay

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