On Friday 25 October 01:06, nate wrote: > Robert said: > > Help. I just did a major patition reshuffle and I've wiped out > > /var/lib/apt and also /var/cache/apt -- and now dpkg and apt are > > broken, Can't reinstall them either. Any suggestions or humorous > > comments welcome :( > > does not sound serious to me. the critical stuff is in /var/lib/dpkg. > > you should just be able to re-create the directory structure: > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 23 18:21 > /var/cache/apt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Oct 23 > 18:21 /var/cache/apt/archives drwxr-xr-x 3 root root > 4096 Jun 25 10:52 /var/lib/apt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root > 4096 Aug 24 16:44 /var/lib/apt/lists drwxr-xr-x 2 root root > 4096 Oct 14 13:12 > /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ > > and try running apt-get update see what happens > > nate
Thanks for your reply. Sorry, should have been more explicit. /var/lib/dpkg is gone too. It was late at night and I forgot that I had made /var a symlink to a partition I was cleaning out. So, there is nothing left of apt or dpkg in /var, and only thought of it halfway throught he carnage. So now I guess apt knows nothing about the installed packages on my system. None of the apt commands will run without an error about missing files in /var/*. Reinstall the only solution? Or is another copy of this info kept elsewhere on the system? Unfortunately, I did not back up /var as part of a backup strategy. (good lesson I guess). all the best, Robert_L -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
