Re: Can't reinstall all Jessie packages
On 10/9/15, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 12:16:35AM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
>> I may be wrong, but I can suggest three methods:
>> 1. (conceptually shouldn't work) : apt-get remove <package name>; apt-get
>> install <package name>
>> 2. (should work...your intentions must break your system): apt-get purge
>> <package name>; apt-get install <package name>
>
> That won't work. Imagine what happens when the OP gets to the package
> "apt". They remove or purge the package (assuming that they pass the Big
> Fat Warning) and suddenly "apt-get install apt" returns "command not
> found" and their system is hosed.
>
> I don't know how --reinstall works, but it may be trying to do the same
> thing in which case reinstalling everything is probably a bad idea.
>
>> 3. *(recommended method): dpkg-reconfigure <package name/s>
>>
>> Make sure the methods won't break your system! That's just a suggestion.
>> Good luck!
Ah, nice catch... "--reinstall". I've used that *in desperate moments*
of things not gelling together. I never had problems with it, but I
can't say that I ever used it on apt.
My *uneducated a-sumption* has always been it's just digging back into
the .deb file and.... reinstalling by poking around over top of what
had previously been an attempted install. I've envisioned its purpose
to be filling any accidental file related holes that might have
occurred for any reason.
Your mention of that reminded me of "--fix-missing", also, which I've
used on occasion. Whether or not it ever helped, I don't know.
Computer's running, but ti's been a LONG time (like whole weeks, ok,
months) since I've needed either.
Just thinking out loud because something someone else said sparked
some gray matter activity..
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* momentarily dislodged some of that thar' plaque, you did *
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