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Re: Re : compilation error



On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:40:22 +1100, Sam Watkins <swatkins@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 10:32:48PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> > Look in the apt-get manual for the "--reinstall" option, if you want
> > only to download some packages  use the "--download-only" option...
> 
> ok, so:
> 
>   apt-get --reinstall --download-only foo
> 
> will fetch "foo" from the archive even if it's already installed.
> That's handy to know, thanks.
> 

Near, it's "apt-get --reinstall --download-only install foo".


Andrea



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