HELP: removed /var/lib/dpkg...

[Debian Linux User <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>]

Hi,

due to an damn' typo i removed my complete /var tree, including the dpkg
files.
I created /var/lib/dpkg/status by hand and did a deselect update to
recreate the dpkg database.
But when i do a 'dpkg -l' it shows nothing although lots of packages are
installed.
Is there any way to recreate the list of installed packages?

--Heinric 

Heinrich Rebehn
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University of Bremen
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