[SOLVED] Re: Corrupt database OR How to get back applications without reinstallation

Sebastian Reinhardt snr at lmv-hartmannsdorf.de
Fri Mar 29 20:05:55 CET 2013


Am 29.03.2013 19:56, schrieb Sebastian Reinhardt:
> Am 29.03.2013 19:34, schrieb Christ van Willegen:
>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Sebastian Reinhardt
>> <snr at lmv-hartmannsdorf.de> wrote:
>>> I played a little bit with my "Moko" an it hand up complete 
>>> (frozen). So I
>>> rebooted and got an message about an corrupted database. Qtmoko was 
>>> backing
>>> up the database and created a new one.
>>> Now, the installed apps are gone, but still there (I can start i.e. 
>>> navit
>>> from console). How can I create/ get back the shortcuts in menu without
>>> reinstalling all apps?
>> That would involve re-creating the .desktop files that came with the 
>> apps...
>>
>> _presumably_ the .deb files that are installed when installing an app
>> contain these. Does apt-get know that (i.e.) navit is still installed?
>>
>> Christ van Willegen
>> -- 
>>
> Yes, thats the point! "apt" knows the packages:
>
> root at neo:~# apt-get install qtmoko-navit -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> qtmoko-navit is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> root at neo:~#
>
> I do not like to reinstall the packages, because I had installed all 
> games, all gps- apps, all utilities...
>

Found the solution: installing only one app of group "games" (i.e. 
chess) and one application (i.e. "qtgps), rescans the list and all 
"shortcuts"/ "symbols" were shown again.....Thanks

-- 
Regards

Sebastian Reinhardt




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