Re: 'rpm --freshen': dpkg Equivalent?

[Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu>]

  ne> if (dpkg -l package-name | grep  -c ii ) dpkg -i ./package.deb;

Though I might again consider using 'apt-zip', a slight variation of
the above should do what I need ...

Thanks, Niels!

  -Kenneth