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gaara

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From: Mexico

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 8

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pacman rebuild package databse

Some days ago, I did a bad rm, deleting /var/lib/pacman/local, I tried to recover my packages database using pacman log and some useful scripts that i found in the forums, but there was not solution. I had to reinstall arch.

I think that pacman must have a --rebuild-db parameter for rebuild the packages database like others pacackes managers.

bender02

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: pacman rebuild package databse

I disagree. If you know what to delete, you can throw off any package manager beyond repair. What you need is to learn what NOT to delete, and/or keep backups.