Re: Brute force reinstall
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 07:04, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 January 2003 20:16, Greg Madden wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:27 am, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> > > Is there an easy way to reinstall all packages? Perhaps a tool that
> > > flags all packages as "reinst-required" or something?
> >
> > I think 'dpkg --get-selections;' & 'dpkg --set-selecections does this. I
> > haven't used them myself so I can't say for sure. 'man dpkg'
>
> Is there a state that tells the package management to reinstall? "reinstall"
> doesn't work and the manpage doesn't really help either.
>
> --
> Got Backup?
If you wish to reinstall all installed packages use aptitude. Go to the
line --- Installed Packages and press L. This will mark every installed
package to be reinstalled.
--
Dale Hair <dale@meridian-electric.com>
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