[gentoo-user] Linking break System

[Silvio Siefke]

Hello, i have installed my printer on my new Netbook, which after 4 days
running like my older only faster. With the printer install i make a
big mistake. I make ln - s from libexec/cups to /usr/lib/cups and so
emerge is not present. Some other programs are have mistake in running,
example nm-applet.

I think i download a stage Archive and install it over? Goes that or
is it a problem? What can do others or should make complete new install?

Thank you & Greetings
Silvio

[Walter Dnes]

On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 04:57:55AM +0200, Silvio Siefke wrote

> I think i download a stage Archive and install it over? Goes that or
> is it a problem? What can do others or should make complete new install?

If your system is still functional enough, back up your /var/lib and
/etc directories to possibly save yourself a bunch of reconfiguration
and re-installing.

You'll probably have to...
* create the install ISO (CD or USB stick)
* boot from it
* swapon /dev/sdxn (where "sdxn" is your swap partition)


* if you're running 64-bit AMD/Intel, follow the instructions in sections 4.f and 5.b of http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap5
* if you're running 32-bit AMD/Intel, follow the instructions in sections 4.f and 5.b of http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap5

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Walter Dnes <walt...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

[Silvio Siefke]

Hello,

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 13:46:13 -0400 "Walter Dnes" <walt...@waltdnes.org>
wrote:

> If your system is still functional enough, back up your /var/lib and
> /etc directories to possibly save yourself a bunch of reconfiguration
> and re-installing.

I have copy portage tools back and run reinstall, at moment no problem, only
the question at moment i run emerge -DNe system (282 of 319 at moment), must
i do the same for world (emerge -DNe world) or is system enough?


Thanks for help, Greetings
Silvio

[Dale]

You can leave off the -DN options. When you do -e, it means everything
anyway.

I'm not sure on the rest but you may be doing world next.

Dale

:-) :-)

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