Universal Blue•11mo ago

I may have really messed up my Tailscale, how would one go about reinstalling it completely?

Kind of just the title, needing help on this if possible.

AuraOP•2/9/25, 12:56 PM

On a Steam Deck OLED if that matters

HikariKnight•2/9/25, 1:01 PM

only thing that can be wrong is something you have done, undo that.
there is nothing to reinstall as tailscale is part of the image, if it was an issue with the install, everyone would have the issue
note: i dont use tailscale myself but the only place issues can be is in your

/home

/home

and inside

/etc

/etc

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:04 PM

Well, I may have to reinstall the OS, then

asen23•2/9/25, 1:04 PM

why is there a "?" in the command

HHikariKnight only thing that can be wrong is something you have done, undo that. there is not...

Mandarinoo•2/9/25, 1:04 PM

„I may have really messed up my Tailscale“ I think there‘s a misunderstanding here, OP never blamed it on the image.

MMandarinoo „I may have really messed up my Tailscale“ I think there‘s a misunderstanding he...

HikariKnight•2/9/25, 1:05 PM

they asked how to reinstall it

Aasen23 why is there a "?" in the command

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:05 PM

Is that not normal, it was the way it was put in parentheses

HHikariKnight they asked how to reinstall it

Mandarinoo•2/9/25, 1:06 PM

Yes, I assume the intention was to restore it to a state before OP did whatever broke it.

AAura Well, I may have to reinstall the OS, then

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:06 PM

I cannot simply undo what I have done, been trying various methods for hours now

asen23•2/9/25, 1:06 PM

run the command without "?"

Aasen23 run the command without "?"

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:06 PM

Same thing

MMandarinoo Yes, I assume the intention was to restore it to a state before OP did whatever ...

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:06 PM

This entirely

AAura Same thing

asen23•2/9/25, 1:07 PM

reboot first, check using sudo systemctl status tailscaledsudo systemctl status tailscaled then if it stopped run sudo systemctl start tailscaledsudo systemctl start tailscaled

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:08 PM

Yeah, the same things as in the original image

HikariKnight•2/9/25, 1:09 PM

the only place issues can be is in your

/home

/home

and inside

/etc

/etc

i do not know the various things you have done, but those 2 location are the only places where configs can be

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:12 PM

The issue with this is that I've already tried various reinstall/uninstall methods, I don't really like getting on forums to ask for help if I can try to work things out on my own, so this is kind of a last resort for me

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:13 PM

It isn't simply configs

asen23•2/9/25, 1:13 PM

reinstall usually doesnt work in linux afaik

asen23•2/9/25, 1:13 PM

unlike windows, i find most linux app doesnt delete their config when uninstalled

asen23•2/9/25, 1:14 PM

also in bazzite or any fedora atomic, in image application literally cannot be messed up unless its a disk corruption

Aasen23 unlike windows, i find most linux app doesnt delete their config when uninstalle...

HikariKnight•2/9/25, 1:14 PM

usually because it is not included in the package to avoid overwriting the users config

AuraOP•2/9/25, 1:17 PM

I'm just looking to see if there's any refresh/revert I can do to bring it back to what it was without having to reinstall the OS and/or download all my data again

I may have really messed up my Tailscale, how would one go about reinstalling it completely?

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