Post #1931642

But I learned for all times that tar file listings generally include also directories. If you pipe those into xargs rm -Rf, in case of SLS/Slackware packages (naked .tgz files back then), you will also end up with a completely deleted /bin /usr /var you name it, just from one package that you wanted removed. The simplest solution, is to reboot and restart the installation. Personally I can completely recommend this method teaching about the -t option of tar.