On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:06:49AM +0200, Micha Feigin said > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:03:12PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 03:01 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > > > After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the > > > package? Of course, I can uninstall/install the package but this will > > > force me to uninstall/install all dependents? > > > > debsums will check all files against their md5 sums > > > apt-get install --reinstall [package name] > > > > This will usually work, but occasionally some files (mostly generated > ones) wont be rebuilt. > To get passed uninstalling dependencies you can do a > dpkg -r --force-all or dpkg -P --force-all Don't use --force-all, that's silly. You only need --force-depends. Also, it's worth mentioning that -P will remove, without backing up, all the config files that package owns. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Mantis BLU-114/B Armani csim AK-47 clones ARPA FBI embassy
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