Help! uninstalled libX11 what to do!

[hikingm]

Urgent help needed!

As a complete idiot I am, I managed to uninstall libX11 86_x64 version on my laptop. I am writing this mail from ssh of another computer, which I was logged in before.

I am using fedora 7 on a dual core machine.

Can I do yum install to install the libX11 package again? I do not know the right package name to use, I thought it was
libX11-1.0.3-8.fc7.x86-64
but it does not seem to be right.
If I do yum install libX11-1.0.3-8.fc7.x86-64
it cannot find the package.


Help is very much appreciated!

Maiken

[Nokia]

Try this

su -l

yum install yum-utils

yumdownloader libX*.fc7.x86_64

[Seve]

Hello:

Try

yum install libX11.x86_64

Seve

[hikingm]

Thanks a lot, I got the package with

yum install libX11.x86_64

Can I be so rude to ask how I now get my system to use it? Almost all applications are gone, NetworkMangaer does not work etc.

Maiken

[Nokia]

Please post

 su -l

 less /var/log/yum.log |grep Apr*

[hikingm]

Oh, I am starting to really understand what mess I have done.
I do
[root@localhost ~]# less /var/log/yum.log |grep Apr*

How can I get my system back to normal? now that I have done
yum install libX11.x86_64
does it mean that it is up and running?

Should I just start to yum install all the erased packages?
How do I get package-manager up again?

Thanks for the help so far, would appreciate even more!

Maiken


And get:
Apr 02 09:14:01 Updated: netpbm - 10.35.41-1.fc7.x86_64
Apr 02 09:14:11 Updated: netpbm-progs - 10.35.41-1.fc7.x86_64
Apr 02 09:14:19 Updated: gnome-screensaver - 2.18.2-3.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:30:29 Installed: libXau-devel - 1.0.3-1.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:30:33 Installed: xorg-x11-proto-devel - 7.2-9.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:30:39 Installed: mesa-libGL-devel - 6.5.2-13.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:30:45 Installed: libX11-devel - 1.0.3-8.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:30:45 Installed: libXdmcp-devel - 1.0.2-2.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 22:31:10 Installed: libX11-devel - 1.0.3-8.fc7.i386
Apr 06 22:31:44 Installed: libXpm-devel - 3.5.6-1.x86_64
Apr 06 22:31:44 Installed: libXpm-devel - 3.5.6-1.i386
Apr 06 22:49:32 Erased: libkipi
Apr 06 22:50:15 Erased: libgail-gnome
Apr 06 22:50:15 Erased: openoffice.org-math
Apr 06 22:50:17 Erased: libXcomposite
Apr 06 22:50:17 Erased: libX11-devel
Apr 06 22:50:19 Erased: librsvg2
Apr 06 22:50:20 Erased: totem-plparser
Huge list continues



Apr 06 23:02:25 Erased: totem-mozplugin
Apr 06 23:02:25 Erased: scim-tables-vietnamese
Apr 06 23:02:25 Erased: xdg-user-dirs
Apr 06 23:28:08 Installed: yum-utils - 1.1.11-1.fc7.noarch
Apr 06 23:29:11 Installed: libX11 - 1.0.3-8.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:30 Installed: libXext - 1.0.1-2.1.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:30 Installed: libXxf86vm - 1.0.1-3.1.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:32 Installed: mesa-libGL - 6.5.2-13.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:33 Installed: xorg-x11-proto-devel - 7.2-9.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:34 Installed: mesa-libGL-devel - 6.5.2-13.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:36 Installed: libX11-devel - 1.0.3-8.fc7.x86_64
Apr 06 23:42:36 Installed: libXdmcp-devel - 1.0.2-2.fc7.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]#

[Nokia]

Great. You removed it all

Try

su -l

yum groupinstall GNOME Base  "X Window System"  Office/Productivity Internet "Sound and Video"  "Hardware Support" "Printing Support"

[hikingm]

Okay, that was a good command! Wonder why they let us idiots use computers?

Thanks a lot!!!!!!

I'll just wait now and see how far I get with the installations.....
Maiken

[Nokia]

Even "idiots" as you say are allowed to use computers. They should refrain, however, from playing SysAdmins without reading the messages on the screen. You have been warned prior to removing all those packages. And for the record, NEVER use

 yum -y remove some-package

The -y option assumes an Yes answer to any question that might appear, so you wouldn't have the chance to step back and think it twice before proceeding.

When you're done with the previous command, if there are errors, post them. If not, type

yum install yumex

and check for other missing programs you might need.

[hikingm]

Well, I did all this through the Package Mangager, and really what I wanted to do was just uninstall the devel-package...

I knew something was not quite as it should be, but did not "dear" to just quit the process..

New problem:

all downloads went ok, but, see end of list

Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test

Downloading Packages:
(1/265): firstboot-1.4.35 100% |=========================| 298 kB 00:00
(2/265): yelp-2.18.1-10.f 100% |=========================| 687 kB 00:01
(3/265): scim-bridge-gtk- 100% |=========================| 38 kB 00:00
(4/265): totem-mozplugin- 100% |=========================| 220 kB 00:00
(5/265): nss-tools-3.11.7 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:03

.
.
.
.
(264/265): gnome-vfs2-smb 100% |=========================| 37 kB 00:00
(265/265): compiz-0.3.6-8 100% |=========================| 564 kB 00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Check Error:
file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf from install of sendmail-8.14.1-4.2.fc7 conflicts with file from package sendmail-8.14.1-4.2.fc7
file /etc/mail/submit.cf from install of sendmail-8.14.1-4.2.fc7 conflicts with file from package sendmail-8.14.1-4.2.fc7

Error Summary
-------------
[root@localhost ~]#


How to get the packages installed now?

Thank again!
Maiken

[Nokia]

OK. That's odd. Try this, although it kinda risky...YMMV I guess

rpm -e --nodeps --noscripts sendmail-8.14.1-4.2.fc7

Then rerun the previous command.

[hikingm]

That seems to work!

It downloaded the sendmail - thing and then started to install.

You are an angle! Hopefully everything works ok now. I will write again when I know!

Thanks!

[Nokia]

Originally Posted by hikingm

...
You are an angle! ...

True enough, an 180 degrees one.

[hikingm]

That worked wonderfully!

Thank you so much. Now I will continue installing any packages that I might be missing.

You saved me!

Have a good night!

Maiken

[Nokia]

You're welcome.