I presume you mean /bin/bash
; Uninstall bash
and reinstall it:
sudo pacman -R bash
sudo pacman -S bash
It’s likely that simple. Cheers.
I presume you mean /bin/bash
; Uninstall bash
and reinstall it:
sudo pacman -R bash
sudo pacman -S bash
It’s likely that simple. Cheers.
Restore it from your last backup. Simple as that.
Look in the pacman cache whether the package containing it is still there:
ls -al /var/cache/pacman/pkg/bash*.zst
unpack the archive
tar -xvf bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
find in resulting structure /usr/bin/bash
and copy it where it belongs
It’s easy to do when you boot from USB.
No need to chroot.
i typed /bin/bin by mistake, but when i tried to edit it it gave an error so i gave up
and sadly, pacman doesnt work without bash so that doesnt work
neither does yay or snapd or pamac.
but thanks thoughhh!
/usr/bin ls -al /var/cache/pacman/pkg/bash*.zst
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 2364392 Jan 23 23:27 /var/cache/pacman/pkg/bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
/usr/bin tar -xvf bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
tar: bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
funnily enough, i think unpacking bash may rely on bash
thanks for helping thoughh!
Use a zsh shell, perhaps; though from your description you have done more than delete /bin/bash
– How did you delete it?
zsh
sudo pacman -R bash
sudo pacman -S bash
Pacman does not rely on bash.
A possible workaround is to install a Terminal emulator that defaults to zsh, via Pamac-Manager (GUI) (Add/Remove Software), and then perform the previous pacman
commands.
Yakuaka comes to mind, if you’re using KDE.
You don’t need to be sosmorttt to follow the logic.
and when i deleted it i was trying to delete /usr/bin/ssh because i don’t really have any use for ssh, but out of habit, after typing /bin i switched around ssh and bash
about that…
no.
You have the file - but the command to unpack it was without the full path.
Think!
tar -xzf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
for example - then you’ll find your bash in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/usr/bin/bash
the command will unpack the file into the current directory - be aware which directory you are in when you run it
I’d copy it to a directory in my $HOME and then unpack it there.
The easiest way is:
cd /
tar -xzf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/bash-5.2.026-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
but this will then replace a lot more, not just /usr/bin/bash
The other possibility is: boot from USB and do it using the tools you know - the graphical file manager
or download the bash install file, or extract what you need from one of the Manjaro mirrors (core) and install it?
List of Manjaro mirrors:
Is /usr/bin/bash
available?
if yes, you can copy it to /bin/bash
Unfortunately for OP, /bin is installed as a symlink to /usr/bin in Manjaro.
If nothing else works, i guess he can just copy it from a live CD?
/bin is a symlink to /usr/bin
ls -al /bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 19 19:16 /bin -> usr/bin
bash exists in only one place …
Oh yes, I forgot that
You should NEVER manually remove a file owned by a package. Remove the package using pacman/pamac ONLY IF nothing else depends on it.
I sometimes wonder how such people survive in real life.
“I do not know what this wire in the engine bay of my car does, i “do not use it”…let’s cut it out! Probably not important…”
Hey this Jet engine looks cool, i put my hand in it and find out how hot it really is
well… im stupid sorry! it did work btw, thank you!