restore omv apps - I removed a bunch of packages by mistake

Symbiot · 25. Juli 2016

so I wanted to uninstall plex from my omv server

I ran:

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apt-get remove plex*

which then proceeded to remove ALOT more than I anticipated..

running:

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awk '!/^Start|^Commandl|^End|^Upgrade:|^Error:/ { gsub( /\([^()]*\)/ ,"" );gsub(/ ,/," ");sub(/^Install:/,""); print}' /var/log/apt/history.log

gave me this output:

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openmediavault-extplorer:amd64  libsamplerate0:amd64  openmediavault-virtualbox:amd64  openmediavault-links:amd64  openmediavault-sensors:amd64  libav-tools:amd64  libjack-jackd2-0:amd64  plexmediaserver:amd64  openmediavault:amd64  libavdevice53:amd64  openmediavault-nut:amd64  openmediavault-docker-gui:amd64  openmediavault-rsnapshot:amd64  openmediavault-openvpnas:amd64  bash-completion:amd64  openmediavault-omvextrasorg:amd64  openmediavault-openvpn:amd64  openmediavault-backup:amd64

but running apt-get install [packages from previous command]doesn't work because it can't find most of the packages
output:

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ckage openmediavault-rsnapshot is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-sensors is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-backup is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-docker-gui is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-omvextrasorg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-openvpn is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-extplorer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-virtualbox is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-openvpnas is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package openmediavault-links is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


E: Package 'openmediavault-extplorer' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-virtualbox' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-links' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-sensors' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-docker-gui' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-rsnapshot' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-openvpnas' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-omvextrasorg' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-openvpn' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package openmediavault-backup:amd64openmediavault-extplorer
E: Package 'openmediavault-virtualbox' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-links' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-sensors' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-docker-gui' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-rsnapshot' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-openvpnas' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-omvextrasorg' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-openvpn' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'openmediavault-backup' has no installation candidate

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any ideas how I can restore my omv server without "just" reinstalling the whole thing?

Steini · 25. Juli 2016

wget http://omv-extras.org/openmedi…vextrasorg_latest_all.deb
dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb
apt-get update
apt-get install [packages from previous command]

Symbiot · 28. Juli 2016

Zitat von Steini

wget http://omv-extras.org/openmedi…vextrasorg_latest_all.deb
dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb
apt-get update
apt-get install [packages from previous command]

Thanks!

I wasn't quite as easy as that but it lead med in the right direction!

dede29 · 31. August 2016

The same accident happened to me as well after removing the wget package. I wanted to test an alias for removing and installing packages, but did not consider that it will remove dependent packages. When typing the command given by Symbiot I deleted the following packages:

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Remove: openmediavault-downloader:amd64  openmediavault:amd64  openmediavault-luksencryption:amd64  openmediavault-autoshutdown:amd64  wget:amd64  openmediavault-wol:amd64  openmediavault-rsnapshot:amd64  openmediavault-omvextrasorg:amd64  openmediavault-backup:amd64

I cannot install any packages due to the same reason as described by Symbiot. Hence, I tried:

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dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb

But it gives me the following error code:

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dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb
(Lese Datenbank ... 48522 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Ersetzen von openmediavault-omvextrasorg 2.13.4 (durch openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb) ...
Ersatz für openmediavault-omvextrasorg wird entpackt ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/openmediavault-omvextrasorg.postrm: 25: .: Can't open /usr/share/openmediavault/scripts/helper-functions
dpkg: Warnung: Unterprozess altes post-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
dpkg: stattdessen wird Skript aus dem neuen Paket probiert ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 25: .: Can't open /usr/share/openmediavault/scripts/helper-functions
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb (--install):
 Unterprozess neues post-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: 25: .: Can't open /usr/share/openmediavault/scripts/helper-functions
dpkg: Fehler beim Aufräumen:
 Unterprozess neues post-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb

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The main complaint here is the following error: "Can't open /usr/share/openmediavault/scripts/helper-functions"

Any idea how I can fix this?

dede29 · 31. August 2016

I could fix my problem.

1. I started an OMV instance in virtual-box and copied the file

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/usr/share/openmediavault/scripts/helper-functions

via SSH to my PC. I copied the file into the same path of my broken OMV installation, since this file was missing. Probably, you can find it on some github site, but I didn't.

2. Then, I followed all the steps described in Howto install OpenMediaVault on Debian 7.x (Wheezy) except executing the omv-initsystem command

3. Now, the command dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all.deb was working without any error.

4. Could not install the plugins via terminal, but my webinterface started to work again. Re-installed the relevant plugins manually (rsnapshopt, luks). I didn't use the other ones at all.

5. Checked all settings. To my suprise and luck none of them were gone. Since I have removed the entire openmediavault plugin, I expected that I lost my omv settings.

If for whatever reason this happens to you, good luck!

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