I'm posting this to the list because a problematic state of my machine occured after an update of KDE 3.1b2.
The file libstdc++1.2.something.so disappeared which caused attempts to use aptitude or apt-get to fail. As I'm inexperienced with solely using dpkg for system maintenance, I perform a complete reinstall of Debian. I'm still in the process of restoring all of my applications. I know that a complete reinstall is reminiscent of M$ Window$ and I wonder if I could have fixed my problems. (Yes, I did neglect to back up my /etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/apt/sources.list and execute a "dpkg -l > old-application-list" but that's another matter... Live and learn.) Can anyone chime in with a way I might have avoided the catastrophic solution I chose? -- Comments are most appreciated, Bob
