problems loading site specific text

I was trying to enter site-specific text, as described in Section 15.1, and ran into the same snag as a user in a previous post:

[root@box upgrading]# ./texttool.pl load
Undefined domain: faq
[root@box upgrading]#

I installed from the livejournal-2003082500.tar

I only want to change some of the site specific text. Do I still need to mess with CVS, as described in Section 13.1?

I ran the following command as Bradfitz suggested:

[root@Arbore upgrading]# ./texttool.pl wipedb
Undefined domain: faq
[root@Arbore upgrading]#

and I'm getting the same error as the previous poster

Suggestions?