On Thursday 30 June 2016 20:27:03 Brian wrote: > On Thu 30 Jun 2016 at 19:59:52 +0200, Hans wrote: > > Correct myself: > > > I used the log file and edited it that way, that I took all the > > > packagages from it and made an "aptitude reinstall" in front of the > > > package list. > > > > Then I made a shellscript of it, just added the shebang line and made it > > executable with root-permissions. > > This is a viable approach but let us not lose sight of the fact that the > situation is recoverable. It isn't as though something critical to the > system has been removed; just a few packages which are easily put back > on the existing system.
:-)) Thank you, Brian. A comforting thought on which to go to bed. Thanks to all of you who replied. I am too shattered now to give considered responses to all of you, that is assuming that you would like them to be vaguely coherent!! This was the desktop. I am about to post in one of the of the threads about the laptop and whether my despairing decision to reinstall that has been misplaced. Lisi
