* Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> [041107 17:05]:
> How can I use 'dpkg' to install a new .deb, but *only* if the package
> is already on a machine? With RPM, you can use the "freshen" option
> ("-F" or "--freshen"). But how with 'dpkg'?
The only way I know (got through the package localepurge) is the
following:
apt-get -u --reinstall --fix-missing install $(dpkg -S LC_MESSAGES | cut -d: -f1 | tr ', ' '\n' | sor
t -u)
But there might be a simpler ways I'm not aware of.
Yours sincerely,
Alexander
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