Linux Lite Forums - Is there a Repair/Refresh Install

Is there any way to force a reinstall to clean up a system when an update goes bad, or is the only way to fix things to wipe and start from scratch?

Hello mezzmer,

if your system is running well currently you can do -

Menu>System>Systemback

to make restore points, and/or backups.

Many time on Linux Lite the update or install that goes bad can be fixed, it is not so fragile like Windows etc.
It may need help, or to find specifics for the fix.

Unfortunately I wasn't smart enough to have a recent restore point. My restore point is an almost virgin 3.4 install.

Hello mezzmer,

which update went bad and what are the errors being reported ?

(02-16-2018, 12:48 PM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: [ -> ]Hello mezzmer,

which update went bad and what are the errors being reported ?

Thanks for the response [member=411]bitsnpcs[/member] - I'm working on a couple of upgrades, the most significant one is here:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/insta...-lite-3-4/

I'm also looking at installing on top of the old failed installation to see if that will work and I've posted what is happening with that here:
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/insta...4-to-v3-8/

I'm fairly new to linux, and I want to learn how to get out of trouble before it happens with something really important. Obviously better backup needs to be part of that strategy.

I'll have a look and see if I can follow them.

(02-16-2018, 09:52 PM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: [ -> ]I'll have a look and see if I can follow them.

Thanks for looking... Getting back to the initial question... Isn't there some way I can get apt/apt-get/dpkg to go and reconfigure everything? I know it's a bit of a long shot, but it may be a good work around. I've got fast unmetered bandwidth, so I don't even mind pulling a lot of packages again.

You could try

updates the list of packages and versions -

Code:
sudo apt-get update

and then, installs the newer version of the packages as found in the first command.

Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade

Other than these I am not sure what else to try.

(02-18-2018, 09:35 PM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: [ -> ]You could try

updates the list of packages and versions -

Code:
sudo apt-get update

and then, installs the newer version of the packages as found in the first command.

Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks... did both of those. At some point I got asked to do dpkg --configure -a .... Not sure exactly what this does, but it seems to d a lot of installing.

Other than these I am not sure what else to try.

Please use dist-upgrade not upgrade. Cheers.

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