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kmeng

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Registered: 2009-12-18

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[solved] Delete pacman by mistake

I deleted pacman, yaourt, scp .... by mistake. What can I do to rescue my system?:(

Last edited by kmeng (2010-03-19 20:18:57)

jasonwryan

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Re: [solved] Delete pacman by mistake

Download the pacman source and reinstall?
http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/

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Daenyth

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Re: [solved] Delete pacman by mistake

Download the pacman package and untar it (taking care to remove the hidden files)

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kmeng

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Registered: 2009-12-18

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Re: [solved] Delete pacman by mistake

The problem is I also deleted the related dependencies, such as, libachieve, libcrypto.....  I don't know how many dependencies are needed for pacman.

Daenyth

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Re: [solved] Delete pacman by mistake

Do you have your /var/lib/pacman intact? That should tell you everything you need to know

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kmeng

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Re: [solved] Delete pacman by mistake

Thanks. Fixed it by copying pacman /usr/lib/* from another computer.