On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:21:17AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:04:44AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Is there an easy way to force apt to download a deb again? > > Yup. > > > I seem to have got a corrupted one: > > > > (Reading database ... 131943 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace xfonts-75dpi 4.1.0-5 (using > > .../xfonts-75dpi_4.1.0-6_all.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement xfonts-75dpi ... > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > dpkg: error processing /usr/var/apt/archives/xfonts-75dpi_4.1.0-6_all.deb > > (--unpack): > > # rm /usr/var/apt/archives/xfonts-75dpi_4.1.0-6_all.deb > # apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
Thanks, that fixed it. I was concerned apt would lose track of what was happening if I deleted the file, but it didn't. Thanks to everyone for their help. > > -- > When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists > have already won. - reverius Good quote!
