Re: How to completely reinstall a package?
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 03:47:29PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote:
I'm running Debian (Sarge) and had used X-Windows very little on
what's primarily a file server when I got a larger, nicer monitor for
the system. It was not obvious to me how to reconfigure the system for
the better capabilities of the monitor so I, perhaps unwisely, decided
I could simply uninstall then reinstall X-Windows and KDE.
I ran...
apt-get --purge remove kde
apt-get --purge remove x-window-system
Once that was done I used apt to install these pieces again but there
are apparently remnants of the originals around so it never takes me
through the configuration screens and I cannot get the windowing
programs to run. In fact I cannot even find the startx command on the
machine.
I'm certain this is some sort of classic newbie screw-up. Would
someone explain what I've done wrong and how I might re-install things
properly? Any help would be appreciated.
Running
dpkg-reconfigure <package_name>
will take you through the configuration stuff again. As far as missing
programs such as startx goes, I am unsure.
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