Problem deleted /usr/local

[gaiapuffo]

Hi,Problem I have deleted /usr/local whit command rvm implode.....
There is a method for reconfiguring this folder with the default file?

[debiman]

if you only just installed debian, you might recreate the folder structure from the installation medium. maybe. tbh i don't know.
or restore from the backup you made previously.

btw "rvm" seems ruby-related; how can it have wreaked such havoc on your system?

anyhow, i hope you learned your first lesson: no safety belts in linux, so drive carefully.
don't 'sudo' without good reason.

[pendrachken]

You can find the hierarchy here:
http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS ... lHierarchy

Just re-creat the folders with mkdir and make sure they are RX for everybody, but only W for root.


Please note, You only need this if you want to install locally compiled programs separately from the system without making .debs

/usr/local/* is pretty much the same thing as /opt/* is, a place for programs that is separate from the system files that get upgraded from repositories, while still being in the command line $PATH. It's only really useful if you either compile from source, or want to keep different versions of software separate from the system version.

[Bulkley]

I once deleted my /var directory and everything in it. To fix it I copied another /var from a Debian rescue disk.

[debiman]

/usr/local/* is pretty much the same thing as /opt/* is, a place for programs that is separate from the system files that get upgraded from repositories, while still being in the command line $PATH.

oh, i didn't consider that in my previous reply.
so the system likely isn't borked.