Re: Reinstall packages
On 0, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
> 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
>
Does reinstall do a purge/install or a remove/install? If his filesystem is
corrupted I'd imagine that purging the packages before reinstalling is pretty
important.
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