Re: libc.so.6

[Mental Patient <mental@neverlight.com>]

Philip Clark wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I have managed to delete /lib/libc.so.6 and since the whole system
> depends on it eg. I can't even create a new link or new file. Also
> booting from a boot disk doesn't work. Does anyone have any ideas? I am
> presuming a rescue disk is the way to go. How do I make one?
>  

Last time I did that I wound up booting off a knoppix cd, mounting the 
root partition and unpacking a deb of libc by hand.

You can unpack a deb file with ar. Just run "ar x <debfile>". You'll 
wind up with 3 files. control.tar.gz (control/install scripts) 
data.tar.gz (what you want to unpack in your root partition to get libc 
back) and debian-binary (text file).


After rebooting I did an apt-get --reinstall install libc6 just to make 
sure everything was back the way it was supposed to be.  It worked for 
me, good luck.

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