-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1603241344130.14097@Grypbagne.inyvabe> ??n Wednesday, 2016-03-23 at 21:26 -0000, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:

I am taking it that removing perl is bad ju-ju, as after removing it, my laptop is unresponsive to keyboard and trackpad operations. How do I recover fromsuch a monumental ****up? I would say “zipper in perl”, but I can’t even type, and even if I could, that would not reinstall all of the packages removed because perl was removed.

Probably several other packages, some crucial, were removed because of dependencies. Ok, boot with the installation DVD for your version (you did not say which you are using), or USB installation stick, and navigate the menus to choose "upgrade installed system". Tell it which is your partition, and let it run. Probably activate online repositories so that it can do an automatic update, /if/ your internet connection is reasonably fast. Otherwise, let it upgrade (same version to same version) without online repos, and after the first boot, run "zypper patch" or yast online update. Then, and only then, add aditional repositories you may use, like packman or whatever, and change the packages you need to change. And next time you remove something important, like perl, watch out the entire list of packages that are going to be removed. If you don't know what they are, abort. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlbz4y8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VLwACfaXscz41apbAQ90lDnQvPLDAh n2gAn3BMfktrD0SYPjS0q+4V7XJddTyc =EjqZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----