Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:30:00 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with pkg Message-ID: <5c593f14409ce5e6e633e69bc6c44135@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <977961980.1791329.1488200543673@mail.yahoo.com> References: <977961980.1791329.1488200543673.ref@mail.yahoo.com>, <977961980.1791329.1488200543673@mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Filippo Moretti <filippomore@yahoo.com> wrote > After a blackout caused by my wife I only get a few pkg shown with the > command pkg info while they should be hundreds.I also get this error message > when trying to install packages by pkg installpkg: Repository FreeBSD load > error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-FreeBSD.sqlite) failed: No such file > or directory(I do have a file name local.sqlite)Is there a way to recover the > pkg database or should I reinstall the OS.Filippo > > perodic(8) creates them for you. As a rule, you should be able to find a suitable backup copy in /var/backups in the form of pkgdb.bak.tbz* Hope this helps! --Chris
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