On Tue, 2020-02-18 at 17:58 +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian/bullseye/sid in a VM from a snapshot. > After running > that image I realized the I got a merged-user installation. > > As for now I have: > bin -> usr/bin > lib -> usr/lib > lib32 -> usr/lib32 > lib64 -> usr/lib64 > libx32 -> usr/libx32 > sbin -> usr/sbin > > Is there some way to achieve a non-merged-user system from the > current > situation? > > The Debian Installer does not seem to have an option for a non- > merged-user > installation. Is that true? > > Thank you for your time!
As I understand it (I somehow only became aware of it days ago) a move to merged usr has been a move planned for Debian since ~2014 and all more recent installers implement it by default. I would not expect any available switch in the installer to avoid it (why add complexity to support the older layout that surely no-one needs?). I have to ask, why are you determined to spend effort reversing the change? While merging is of course trivial, un-merging is most certainly not. The easiest methods that occur to me would be to either: a) if you have access to an older version of the installer, do a fresh install with that (then of course upgrade). b) make sure the usrmerge package is not installed; manually switch the symlinks back to actual directories; then ask apt/aptitude to do a reinstall of every package on your system. Of course I cannot give you any guarantee that the above procedure will actually be successful. Proceed at your own risk. :)
