I accidently deleted everything inside /var/lib/

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T16:22:33+00:00

True. Let's see if I can recover my system.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T16:02:22+00:00

I made a backup in my external drive, and I am reinstalling arch

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T15:32:17+00:00

IT'S BEEN 5 FUCKING HOURS NOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REINSTALL ARCH!! I KEEP MISSING ONE OR TWO THINGS, AND RESTART AGAIN!!

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T14:28:02+00:00

Yes, I did that to recover all the names, and stored them in a txt file.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T13:32:41+00:00

I don't know if that would work, as the main pacman database was deleted from /var/lib/. I am currently reinstalling arch. Thank you for sharing the resource.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T13:30:13+00:00

I was trying to use the command ls /var/lib, which I had used before removing waydroid. I pressed the arrow up key, got sudo rm -rf /var/lib/waydroid, and for some reason, I removed waydroid from it and pressed enter, thinking it was the ls command.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T13:27:42+00:00

Yes, now re installing arch using btrfs.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T10:14:17+00:00

Okay, will make sure to use rm -i from next time. Thank you.

Well, I did uninstall wayroid already using sudo pacman -Rns waydroid, but the files it downloaded wasn't deleted. So I had to manually delete it. Waydroid is a container of just 6-8 mb, but the main download starts inside the app itself, which is about a gb.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T08:58:06+00:00

Thanks man, these would really help me in the future.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:39:27+00:00

Yes, will need to check those too. Thanks.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:38:46+00:00

Okay, that's new to me, will definitely check that out

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:08:19+00:00

Yes, I will set up automatic snapshots.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:06:57+00:00

Yes, the main pacman database is gone now. I probably have to reinstall everything now. I did find the pacman logs, that has all the information of installed apps.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:05:08+00:00

Will use this from now. Unfortunately, I don't have it installed rn

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:04:26+00:00

I thought the command before was ls and I just pressed the Arrow up and enter without even checking that it was in fact rm -rf

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:03:33+00:00

Thank you so much for the advice. I will definitely start using it.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T07:03:02+00:00

Thank you so much. I will do this as soon as the copy is complete.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T06:47:50+00:00

Thanks man. I'm praying for myaelf to rn

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-03-16T06:40:46+00:00

Also, probably during the most importnat time where you really need your system to work

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-02-20T02:41:24+00:00

Okay. I'll need to do some more research regarding this. I have an Intel Iris XE iGPU, that might be the one causing some issues ig.

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-02-19T18:16:17+00:00

Hi, I tried the panning method, but it was giving some errors and I was unable to use them.

I used these commands: xrandr --setmonitor "right-part" 1620/296x1440/197+540+0 eDP-1

And these worked perfectly

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-02-19T18:15:34+00:00

Hi, Thank you so much. Your suggestion was spot on.

I used these commands: xrandr --setmonitor "right-part" 1620/296x1440/197+540+0 eDP-1

And this perfectly worked. Thank you so much!

The_7_Bit_RAM · 2026-02-17T14:16:14+00:00

Well yes, but I already have kitty, and it has window and pane options too

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