aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents?

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Subject: aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents?
From: local10 <local10@tutanota.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:10:24 +0200 (CEST)
Message-id: <[🔎] MDZzfcK--3-2@tutanota.com>

Am looking for a way to reinstall  a package and all "subpackages" the package depends on. Normally I use aptitude to install packages.

Any ideas? Thanks

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