Uninstalled core-utils

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 01:50:19PM -0700, Salih ML wrote:
> I mistakenly removed the core-utils using adept-manager :(
> 
> Unfortunately realized that I removed the whole operating system. It
> is a shame that such a major action does not have enough WARNINGS.

Ouch.  If you try that from the command line, you'll get a warning
that's impossible to dismiss without reading it through:

  $ sudo apt-get remove coreutils
  ...
  You are about to do something potentially harmful.
  To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
   ?] 

> Now
> only memtest option is available at the bootloading.
> 
> Anyways, I believe I need to reinstall it. Does anybody know whether I
> lost all the settings, esp. webserver related ones?

Not yet.  You will lose them if you reformat and reinstall.

You can still boot from a CD and copy those to a USB key, say.  All the
system settings live under /etc.  /home is another place to back up --
all your user files and settings are there.

> What about mysql
> data?

It lives in /var.  /var/lib/mysql probably.  Another thing to back up.

> Before installing ubuntu from scratch, I wanted to make sure if
> there is something else that I can do to recover.

Restoring the system without reformatting is possible, but difficult.  I
do not feel qualified to explain the process, but it would involve
copying some of the system files from another Ubuntu install and then
reinstalling all the packages you accidentally removed.  Figuring out
exactly what files to copy is the tricky part.

Marius Gedminas
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