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diegovskrbm

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Registered: 2023-11-22

Posts: 4

Accidentally removed some /var folders

Hi!

I accidentally removed some folders of /var and I lost some pacman folders.

Now when I try to install any package, gives me this bunch of errors: https://pastebin.pl/view/ca77f91f

The command used to get this was `sudo pacman -Syu openssl`

I just don't know what to do, I tried:

`sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite "*"`

But it outputs

`
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
chaotic-aur                                                                                                        2.6 MiB  4.37 MiB/s 00:01 [#######################################################################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
`

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,587

Re: Accidentally removed some /var folders

restore them from your backup.

Also see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … l_database

diegovskrbm

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Registered: 2023-11-22

Posts: 4

Re: Accidentally removed some /var folders

The /var/log/pacman.log has been removed too.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,587

Re: Accidentally removed some /var folders

that page covers that situation

diegovskrbm

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Registered: 2023-11-22

Posts: 4

Re: Accidentally removed some /var folders

I used the script, should I install all packages that is 0%?
There is more 0%s than 100%s

diegovskrbm

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Registered: 2023-11-22

Posts: 4

Re: Accidentally removed some /var folders

If I try to `sudo pacman -Syu x11vnc --overwrite '*'`

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem