Re: reinstall all packages

[dfoley <dfoley@telus.net>]

Patrick Sannes wrote:
> Hell there,
>
> I have had a huge system crash, and recoverd partionaly from it. But a 
> part of the stuff is damaged. Now I want to reinstall all the installed 
> packages. Can I do that. Then the system is working again after a night 
> of downloads.
>
> Thanks
> Patrick Sannes

I do I force files to be overwritten in aptitude ?
Like apt-get --purge remove <package> && apt-get install <package>, but 
in aptitude.
Re-installing in aptitude doesn't overwrite modified files. Is there an
option ?