/var/lib

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

I made a BIG mistake,
I removed /var/lib.

How can I reinstall it?

[Tahir Hafiz]

Hi Patrick,

How did you remove that directory?
I think if you removed it via the GUI then it should still be in the
wastebasket.

If you did rm -rf /var/lib/ then I am not sure you can bring it back!

Kind regards,

Tahir

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Patrick Dupre <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I made a BIG mistake,
> I removed /var/lib.
>
> How can I reinstall it?
>
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[Richard Shaw]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Patrick Dupre
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I made a BIG mistake,
> I removed /var/lib.
>
> How can I reinstall it?

I don't think there is any fool proof way but it may be technically possible...

I'm thinking you would need, at a minimum, a list of all the packages
you had installed that put files in /var/lib, then you would have to
reinstall them, from a live CD or USB, etc, but set the root to your
volume ( see yum --installroot ). You can try a chroot but with
/var/lib being gone I'm not sure it would work.

Richard

[Reindl Harald]

Am 11.03.2013 14:18, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
> I made a BIG mistake,
> I removed /var/lib.

the machine is done
> How can I reinstall it?

what do you imagine to "reinstall"
no way - /var/lib contains as example the complete RPM-database

[Patrick Dupre]

Quoting lun, 11 mar 2013 Reindl Harald :
> Am 11.03.2013 14:18, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
> > I made a BIG mistake,
> > I removed /var/lib.
>
> the machine is done
> > How can I reinstall it?
>
> what do you imagine to "reinstall"
> no way - /var/lib contains as example the complete RPM-database

In the past it was possible to recover the database with:
rpm --rebuilddb

Does it not work any more?

Thank.

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On 03/11/2013 01:28 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Quoting lun, 11 mar 2013 Reindl Harald :
> > Am 11.03.2013 14:18, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
> > > I made a BIG mistake,
> > > I removed /var/lib.
> >
> > the machine is done
> > > How can I reinstall it?
> >
> > what do you imagine to "reinstall"
> > no way - /var/lib contains as example the complete RPM-database
>
> In the past it was possible to recover the database with:
> rpm --rebuilddb

That just rebuilds indexes from package headers - it's never been able 
to recreate a completely missing RPMDB.

Regards,
Bryn.

[Christopher Svanefalk]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Patrick Dupre <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Quoting lun, 11 mar 2013 Reindl Harald :
> > Am 11.03.2013 14:18, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
> > > I made a BIG mistake,
> > > I removed /var/lib.
> >
> > the machine is done
> >
> > How can I reinstall it?
> > >
> >
> > what do you imagine to "reinstall"
> > no way - /var/lib contains as example the complete RPM-database
> >
> > In the past it was possible to recover the database with:
>
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> Does it not work any more?
>
> Thank.

As Reindl stated, your best (if not only) option is most likely a
reinstall. Is there a compelling reason for you not to reinstall? Have you
made extensive customizations to your installation? If not, just make a
backup of your home folder and install a fresh copy.
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