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kalpik

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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rm -rf /var/lib/pacman :(

Hi!

I had some package syncing issues, and I stupidly deleted everything inside /var/lib/pacman/

Now I don't think pacman recognizes anything as installed.. Is there an easy way out of this?

bohoomil

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Re: rm -rf /var/lib/pacman :(

Try to Restore pacman's local database.

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kalpik

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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Re: rm -rf /var/lib/pacman :(

Hmm.. Yeah, saw that.. Seems too messy.. I think ill just re-install.. And have backups in future.. Lesson learnt

Thanks for replying!

Inxsible

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Re: rm -rf /var/lib/pacman :(

also remember, that its not backup unless you have copies of it in more than 2 places.

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