in Debian rescue shell: cannot resolve FTP/HTTP addresses

Question

After accidentally removing a package needed for DHCP, my Debian installation has lost internet access.

After rebooting from Debian-netinstall disk, and entering a rescue shell, the situation is as follows:

ifconfig shows I have got an IP address
ping to another computer in my LAN works
apt-get sees my /etc/apt/sources.list
but I cannot download the missing packages because addresses like ftp2.de.debian.org are not resolved.

Has been messed up during my rescue attempts. /etc/resolv.conf is a link to /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf; /etc/resolvconf/run/ is a link to /run/resolvconf/; but in my /run there is no resolvconf. — Joachim W, Nov 04 '14 at 07:54
That sounds like the cause of the problem described in the question. — Håkan Lindqvist, Nov 04 '14 at 07:57
Thank you, Håkan: after removing the dead links etc/resolvconf/run/ and etc/resolv.conf, I could create a new etc/resolv.conf, which solved the problem. — Joachim W, Nov 04 '14 at 08:04
Seeing as you have posted an answer yourself (which is fine) I think the only step left would be for you to accept that answer. — Håkan Lindqvist, Nov 04 '14 at 16:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '14 at 11:43

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Problem solved thanks to comment by Håkan Lindqvist.

I conjecture that I created the problem by restarting the networking system from within the rescue shell.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 11:43

Joachim W

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