Re: [debian-knoppix] Cache and Mozilla

[Kester Habermann <kester@linuxtag.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:49:58AM -0000, Rui Fernandes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have one question and one problem: Is there any problem in deleting the
> files in /var/.../apt/archives? It might have probably...The problem I have,
> is that I tryed to install mozilla, but the installation went wrong - and I
> tryed to unistall it with apt-get remove mozilla, and the apt-get -f
> install; the problem is that certain files were not deleted and now if I try
> to install mozilla again it tells me that I've got already the newest
> version.
> 
> How can I go around this?

clean up space in /var/apt ...
apt-get clean

get list of available packages
apt-get update

reinstall mozilla
apt-get --reinstall install mozilla


Regards,

Kester.