Accidentally deleted usr or something in usr. Can't boot or chroot

General system Newbie
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Okay that is for updating but what if you need to install a package?

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I supposed OP needs full sync :person_shrugging:

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This is sort of what i thought but not sure as i have never used this before. Didn’t realize you needed the /mnt as i thought if you mount the / would suffice.

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I think you are confused, (just a little :smiley_cat: )?

You mount a partition onto a mount point (folder).
If you don’t point the folder (mount point) to pacman, it cannot know where the --root is. :person_shrugging:

You are using a terminal in the Live ISO (other system), without chrooting.

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Ya It’s easy to be confused. I guess what you mean is because you haven’t arch-chrooted it wouldn’t install it because it doesn’t find the /

Or am i still confused and dumb founded? :laughing:

Edit: Well i guess i am then…

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Someday I will be smarter…
I keep telling myself …
Someday!

Edit:

Maybe not … :rofl:

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No. I am sorry I brought you in a bad mood. :cry:
I thought the emojis reactions were clear, but there is no pointing finger that points around the last text row :rofl:

I try to minimize posting, when it’s a yes or no, but we also need questions that conform, too.
If asking “Am I right or wrong”, I can’t answer in binary :+1: :-1:
:joy:

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No bad mood here. It’s just funny to me because I know so little in the grand scheme of things. :wink:

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Me too, I know what I’m doing until I don’t

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Well, it’s 10x worse to try to work vicariously across a forum vs working on your own installation.

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You got that right. :wink:

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Hey guys, thanks for trying to help me. I ended up formatting everything and reinstalling. The good news is that I barely had anything to begin with on my laptop since it’s not my main computer. If anyone wanted to know how it happened I was trying to move directories in Nerdtree in neovim… well somehow I deleted an entire directory by accident instead. I guess what I learned is 1. back up your dotfiles at the very least 2. read carefully.

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I don’t understand linux users and these dotfiles? :thinking:

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I would add:
Don’t run neovim, or any program with sudo.
Whatever needs admin/root/sudo privileges, should be run as a terminal command.