On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 07:04, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 20:16, Greg Madden wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 08:27 am, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > > Is there an easy way to reinstall all packages? Perhaps a tool that > > > flags all packages as "reinst-required" or something? > > > > I think 'dpkg --get-selections;' & 'dpkg --set-selecections does this. I > > haven't used them myself so I can't say for sure. 'man dpkg' > > Is there a state that tells the package management to reinstall? "reinstall" > doesn't work and the manpage doesn't really help either. > > -- > Got Backup?
If you wish to reinstall all installed packages use aptitude. Go to the line --- Installed Packages and press L. This will mark every installed package to be reinstalled. -- Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
