Re: libc6 downgraded; system won't boot
You can manually install the lib files. Boot your machine
from a rescue disc or the installation disk, get to a
command prompt, and mount your hard drive. You can then
extract the contents of the libc6_2.2.3-11_i386.deb file
with the following command:
ar x libc6*.deb
It will unpack three files. Move data.tar.gz to your hard
drives root (/) and unzip and untar it. That should install
the libraries. You should now be able to boot your machine,
at which point you can use dpkg to install the deb file
officially.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 10:42:20AM -0400, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote:
>
> I have a HP Omnibook 500 with Debian installed (started out as a potato box,
> though had a few packages directly from sid, including KDE 2.2beta, with
> corresponding library upgrades. Please, no finger-wagging about the
> inappropriateness of mixing stable & unstable packages; I know). The library
> upgrades included libc6 2.2.3 from sid.
>
> Despite the mixed packages, the system was very stable. However, I loaned
> the laptop to my brother-in-law to take to a conference. While at the
> conference, someone offered to install a genetic sequencing program, from
> a binary package (the author was unable to provide source). This package
> needed libc6 2.1 in order to run. So, the well-meaning friend proceeded to
> install libc6 2.1, overwriting the existing libc6 2.2.3 installation. This
> rendered most programs on the machine non-operational. For instance, though
> they had a terminal window already open, they could not get root access
> (i.e., could not run su), so could not undo what they had done. They were
> able to download the libc6_2.2.3-11_i386.deb package to the machine, but
> couldn't do anything with it once it was there.
>
> The machine was eventually rebooted, and of course could not start at all
> without the requisite libc6 libraries. This is the state it was returned to
> me in.
>
> So, the questions I have are as follows;
>
> 1. Will it be possible to reinstall just the libc6 2.2.3 package? So far, I
> have been unable to boot the machine, even with a rescue disk, but assuming
> I can do that, would it just be a matter of dpkg -i libc6_2.2.3-11_i386.deb?
>
>
> 2. Assuming I can't access the existing linux partitions at all, a complete
> reinstall of Debian would not be a problem (/home is on a separate
> partition, so I would not lose any data). I would prefer to go "straight to
> woody" if possible. Is it currently possible to install woody via ftp, or
> should I install potato and do an apt-get dist-upgrade?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
>
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