On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:36:36 -0400,
be************@duke.edu <be************@duke.eduwrote:
I typed in apt-get remove python
and everything essentially was wiped off my computer.
You should have been told that [long list of important packages] would be
removed as well because they depended on Python, then been asked if you
still wanted to remove Python ...
[...] I'd like to get my documentst
back as well but doubt I'll be able to do this.
[...] but can only log in as root.
Huh? If you can log in, you can certainly get your documents back! Take a
backup of at least /home, /var/spool/mail and /etc to USB stick, a free hard
disk partition, or across the network. Do it before doing anything else.
/Jorgen
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