On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:16:57AM -0800, Lars Jensen wrote: > How do I re-download copies installed .deb packages that are already on > my system? apt-get won't download a package that is already installed. Well, there's apt-get --reinstall, or you could use the search packages page on the Debian website to find the .deb, download it in the browser and dpkg -i it by hand. I think apt-get --reinstall is simpler... Pigeon