Re: how to reinstall a package without removing it first?

[Eduardo Pereira Habkost <ehabkost@gmx.net>]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:22:00PM -0400, Try KDE wrote:
> I cannot remove the package because the package in question is "apt" and 
> I screwed up on of its example files. :)   I might be able to down its 
> deb file and extract the files I needed from it. But is there a simpler 
> way to force re-installation of the same version?

It couldn't be simpler:

apt-get install --reinstall apt

:)

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