> i just found out, that i've accidently erased all the contents > of /var/lib. the machine works almost fine, but what exactly am > i missing at the moment, besides that i cannot use dpkg ? is the > only option to fix this to re-install the distribution? or can > somebody tell me the normal subtrees of /var/lib and i might be > able to fix it manually? > try "dpkg -S /var/lib" and then "dpkg -i ..." then shown packages once more. that way you'll avoid reinstalling the whole distro.
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