Re: Reinstall packages

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Kenyon wrote:
> I am in the process of recovering from having a very damaged filesystem.
>
> Is there a method using either dpkg or apt/aptitude to get packages to  
> refresh their files?
>
> The packages installed are up to date so I can't upgrade many of them.

Certainly possible. In fact, it's possible to use any of the tools you
mentioned seperately:

  dpkg --install package_<whatever>.deb
  apt-get install --reinstall package
  aptitude reinstall package

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