Re: Update on can't Install any deb's

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Peter.Yarych.gandolph@ilos.net writes:

[snip]

> I conclude that my info dir/database is curupt :-(
> This have occured when I was doing a minor upgrade and my computer locked up 
> causing me to reset the computer....

[snip]

> Basically I think that I need only the *.list files from the info directroy
> which what I would try replacing first.

If you still have all your .debs, then for each package you can do
(for example):

ar pf net/ppp_2.2.0f-19.deb data.tar.gz | tar ztf - | perl -pe 's,^(.*?)/?$,/$1,'

to get ppp.list.  You might want to automate this...

This won't be perfect, where something Replaces: another.  You also
want to check your info/{pre,post}{inst,rm} files.

It might be easier to dpkg --get-selections, backup /etc, /home,
/usr/local and whatever else, and reload, doing dpkg --set-selections
after installing the basic packages.

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