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opens

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[SOLVED] System recovery - deleted /whole lib directory

Hi all,
I deleted by accident the /lib directory (rm -rf /lib).

So far I enterd via a Live-system and tried to reinstall linux and linux-firmware, but that is not enough.
Error message: /lib/modules/5.6.15-arch1-1: no such file or directory

The system is apart from the missing /lib up-to-date.

How can I get back the most essential lib files?
How can I recover my system?

Thank you very much!

Last edited by opens (2020-06-01 17:37:47)

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Re: [SOLVED] System recovery - deleted /whole lib directory

/lib is just a symlink to /usr/lib.
Just recreate this symlink

# ln -s /usr/lib /lib

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Re: [SOLVED] System recovery - deleted /whole lib directory

/lib is a symlink, reinstall the filesystem package or just remake it.

opens

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Re: [SOLVED] System recovery - deleted /whole lib directory

Thank you very much for the quick response! I appreciate it!

Have a nice evening! Everything works fine again!