Re: Reinstall *all* packages. How?
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:43:20PM +0200, ocl@arayan.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am able to login the amd64 box anymore, I have practically
> lost it as a bootable one.
>
> I do however have a lot of stuff (about 2GB) in
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/
>
> My question is: After setting up a fresh system from CD,
> how can I make the newly installed OS update itself from
> these already downloaded packages.
>
> I have tried a simple copy of the old /var/cache/apt/archives/
> to the new installation, but simply copying the packages
> does not seem to work.
>
> Short of creating my local Debian repository, is there a
> way I can instruct apt-get (or aptitude) to use the files
> already downloaded.
>
> What I really want to do is a complete reinstall of the
> packages I have. Is that possible?
>
> Cheers,
> Ray
>
>
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take a look at
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto
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