Re: unbelievably stupid mistake - i broke /usr/lib need help

akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 02:57:39PM -0700, Robin Laing wrote:

Alastair McKinley wrote:

Alastair McKinley wrote:


Hi everyone,


  I made a really daft mistake and deleted a lot of files in
  /usr/lib. Im not sure how many I have deleted. I was trying to
  delete a linux rootfs on an SD and thought I was in
  /media/usbdisk/usr/lib, clearly I wasnt. You would think I should
  know better this is at least the third time I have done something
  like this. My laptop is still up and running, can anyone give me
  any ideas on a way to fix all my broken libraries?

Can yum do it?

Please help me!

Best regards,

Alastair


If rpm is still working.

rpm -Va could be used to give you a list of damaged packages.

In your /var/cache/yum/{repo} you will have the updated rpms that you could re-install many of the damaged packages with.

Thanks for the advice Robin.

Now I've just discovered rpm is broken. Missing dependency is librpm-4.4.so or something.

Could I maunally reinstall libraries to get rpm working again and then try that?

If this is possible where could I get the right copy of the shared libraries?

I dont have the install discs anymore, the sysadmin installed it, so I'm downloading the fc4 iso's now just incase they might help.

I'm quite distraught... my last resort is taking it back to my sysadmin who unfortunately has the bios password. I will quite happily spend a week reinstalling stuff to avoid that!!

Alastair (weeping silently into laptop)

It has been awhile but if you use the first CD or boot from the DVD, you have the option of a rescue mode. This gives you a basic system but I don't know how many tools. I believe that rpm is available from the rescue mode.

I would have to search the RH site to confirm what is available. Maybe someone else can assist from here.

I would add this.
run: rpm -qf /lib/lib...
to find out what package supplies that library.

Then: rpm -Uvh --force ...rpm will reinstall the rpm even if the database says it is there.

yum install (or update) (rpm name from the rpm -qf command)
might restore the rpm.

Good luck.