Back Up and Re-install [Solved]

[B3rtm3n]

Hi, I had to re-install Sabayon

I did :

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equo rescue backup

and copied the back up file from /var/lib/entropy/client/database/amd64/ to the new system and did:

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equo rescue restore

but the packages did not install

Am I missing something? How can I re-install all the packages?

[sabayonino]

If your installation is clean there is no backup-files in /var/lib/entropy...

You did save previous backup file and restore then

[B3rtm3n]

like said:

I copied the back up file from the old system to the new installation

so there is a back up file

How do I restory the previous installed packages with this file ... do not know

[batvink]

you did well, but i believe after
equo rescue restore
you have to do a
equo upgrade --ask
'cause the restore function doesn't contact Entropy to download the packages,
it just kinda updates or registering/notify the system about the installed packages database,
but to actually have them installed again, you have to upgrade.

[B3rtm3n]

Thanks for your help!

Actually nothing is happening when doing these commands, it goes like this for me:

localhost peter # equo rescue restore
Entropy installed packages database restore tool
>> Select the database you want to restore
>> [1] [2012-10-31 20:41:55] /var/lib/entropy/client/database/amd64/entropy_backup___system__.20121031_20h39m46s.backup.bz2
Selected number: 1
>> @@ Restoring backed up repository: entropy_backup___system__.20121031_20h39m>> @@ Repository restored successfully: entropy_backup___system__.20121031_20h39m46s.backup.bz2
localhost peter # equo upgrade --ask
>> @@ Calculating System Updates...
>> @@ Nothing to update.
>> @@ Nothing to remove.
>> @@ Configuration files scan complete.
localhost peter #

[sabayonino]

ah.ok

If you want to reinstall all packages of entropy database , run :

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# equo upgrade --replay --ask

this will download and install all packages and their dependences

see

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# equo --help

[B3rtm3n]

Now we are talking business!

It got stuck however:

>> @@ Packages involved: 1805
Would you like to continue with dependencies calculation ? [Yes/No] y
>> @@ Calculating dependencies ...
>> @@ Cannot find needed dependencies:
>> !!! Every package matching =dev-lang/python-3.2* is masked.
>> # Reason: repository general packages.db.mask
>> <> atom: dev-lang/python-3.2.3-r1 in sabayonlinux.org

So I unmasked Python (Still do not understand why this is masked)

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equo unmask 'dev-lang/python-3*'


Now it is pulling in:

>> @@ These are the packages that would be removed (conflicting/substituted):
>> ## [W] [from: sabayonlinux.org] sys-apps/man-1.6f-r5
>> @@ Packages needing to be installed/updated/downgraded: 1822
>> @@ Packages needing to be removed: 1
>> @@ Packages needing to be installed: 16
>> @@ Packages needing to be reinstalled: 1806
>> @@ Packages needing to be updated: 0
>> @@ Packages needing to be downgraded: 0
>> @@ Download size: 6032.9MB
>> @@ Used disk space: 180.6MB
>> @@ You need at least: 12252.3MB of free space

This saves me a lot of work reinstalling everything.

Thanks for your help!!