David Fuchs wrote: > So the question is, why did dpkg not install the files properly?
It thought it already had. > Obviously it's keeping track of what's installed (or should I say, > what it *thinks* is installed). dpkg's assumptions don't help me, > however, and I can't be certain my applications are installed > correctly if it goes removing things after the fact. How can I > force dpkg to *forget* about what I've already installed, so I can > install it again? Better yet, is there a way to force a proper > re-install with dpkg? De-install it with 'dpkg -r foo' which will chuck a whole bunch of errors because it won't find the files it's trying to de-install, but ignore the errors. Then reinstall. See what happens. I'm not guaranteeing it would work, it's just the first thing I'd try under the circumstances :) bekj -- : Usual state: (e) None of the above. : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/
