System won't boot after messing up update

SKeaLoT · 2020-04-13 07:15:04

Right now after updating and following the warning posted in the news in the front page of archlinux.org I can't boot my system, the error says it can't find libp11-kit.so.0, which is the file the post said would get overwritten. Now, I don't have a backup OS in this computer, nor I have a way to get my hands on a USB flash drive for at least a couple days, and this is the only computer I have on me right now.

Is there a way I could tell the system not to look for this library when booting? Or rather, boot in some sort of minimal environment where I could fix this? I tried booting into single-user mode, to no avail, and I don't really have any more ideas.

I can provide further information if needed, and any help would be greatly greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by SKeaLoT (2020-04-13 07:17:01)

jasonwryan · 2020-04-13 07:23:42

You can boot from the live media and chroot into your system, as you did when you installed Arch.

SKeaLoT · 2020-04-13 07:28:58

Maybe I didn't phrase it right, so I apologize for the misunderstanding, but sadly I have no way of producing a live media of any sort right now, or any time soon.

jasonwryan · 2020-04-13 07:34:15

You can change the target on the kernel line: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … _boot_into

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-04-13 14:01:31

Or boot to a shell by using the init=/bin/bash kernel command line parameter.

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System won't boot after messing up update

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