On 1/17/10, Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Often times it's the user configuration files that mess up a system, >> so keep that in mind unless you're really confident it's all in the >> packages themselves. >> >> And if you're thinking of reinstalling a la pacman -S $(comm -3 >> <(pacman -Qq) <(pacman -Qqm)) then remember to put it in a list first, >> remove them (-Rscn) and then (re)install (-S). This is because some, >> if not many packages, contain post-remove/install commands that may >> affect the outcome. >> > > I don't know if it's a good idea to remove pacman, libfetch, > libarchive, glibc, bash, ... > > If you are worried some important files got corrupted, a simple > reinstall with pacman -S should be fine. Ok thanks... The stpes are then to grab the list of packets as others have suggested, and then re-install the list with pacman -S, that should be the easier less risky approach. I justdon't want to break the system any more, and I want to prevent installing it from scratch... Thanks, -- Javier.
