Arch Linux

RobinVDH

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2012-06-10

Posts: 1

Re-install over SSH

Hi guys,

I stupidly upgraded my system without checking the arch homepage. After a (first failed, then fixed) reboot, I found many empty files in /usr/bin and /usr/lib. Pacman was among the packages to be empty. After having manually installed pacman and after several hours of attempting to re-add each package by hand, I hope there's a much better way of fixing this broken system.

I was thinking a re-install might help. The major barrier being that this involves a VPS for which I have no vnc, ipmi or similar available.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as how to approach this problem?

Best,

Robin

Last edited by RobinVDH (2012-06-11 10:05:23)

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 663

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Re: Re-install over SSH

There's a wiki article about installing Arch via ssh, and there's also one on how to install from an existing Linux. Since you still have access to your existing installation, you might be able to combine those to do a re-install.