Re: How to reinstall packages ?

[joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com]

BZZZZT!! klonk! SCRIETCH!

I  made a small brainfart^H^H^H^H^Herror, this in fact doesn't work if you
want to reinstall as it skips everything that is already installed.  And
it tries to install everything that wasn't installed before :-/

*blush*   I hope this didn't screw your system

Instead, at  step 3 do:

  dpkg -iRO *

to recurse and install only selected packages.

BTW, it never hurts to read the manpage, even if you think you know what
you're doing *blush again*  

Cheers,


Joost


On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com wrote:

> # STEP 1:
> # first mount your cdrom;
> # I have an entry for it in /etc/fstab, but you may 
> # have to specify the physical device here too
> # (oh and _first_ insert the physical cd of course.)
> #
> mount /cdrom
> 
> # STEP 2:
> # cd to the right place in the directory tree of
> # your favorite debian release on the cd.
> # YMMV because the layout changed a bit recently. 
> #
> cd /cdrom/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386
> 
> # STEP 3:
> # make dpkg do its thing.
> # read the fine dpkg manpage to learn what the 
> # "GREB" options mean exactly.
> #
####dpkg -iGREB *
# RHAAH! BAD! instead do:
#
dpkg -iRO *

> # STEP 4: 
> # depending on what is on your cd, you may want to 
> # reiterate steps 2 and 3, substituting "contrib", 
> # "non-free" or "non-US" for "main" in step 2. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Joost
> 
> 
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