Yes there is an option to reinstall. I used it once to reinstall something I cant remember. Let me see...oh It was with apt-get
do the following: apt-get --reinstall install PACKAGE_NAME And you should be fine. I didnt test it thought. According to apt-get manpage --reinstall reinstalls & upgrades the package to the newest available. Good luck On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Jeff wrote: > Adam Warner, 2001-Dec-06 23:40 +1300: > > Hi all, > > > > I've been using alien for the first time today. Now I can't install any > > package using apt-get (it might not be the alien packages but I thought > > I should mention it). > > > > Before I make a real mess I thought I'd get some advice on the error > > message: > > > > apt-get install ucbmpeg-play > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > ucbmpeg-play > > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not > > upgraded. > > Need to get 0B/69.2kB of archives. After unpacking 177kB will be used. > > (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ucbmpeg-play_2.3p-10.1_i386.deb (--unpack): > > files list file for package `libncurses5-dev' is missing final newline > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ucbmpeg-play_2.3p-10.1_i386.deb > > Processing was halted because there were too many errors. > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > The strange error message is: > > files list file for package `libncurses5-dev' is missing final newline > > > > This happens when trying to install any package. > > > > I can't even do a dpkg --purge --force-all libncurses5-dev > > > > I'm told "Processing was halted because there were too many errors" (the > > same error message above). > > > > Thanks, > > Adam > > See if this might work... > > # dpkg -P --force-reinstreq > > The package needs to be reinstalled. I thought there was a dpkg > option to reinstall, but I can't seem to find info on that. > > good luck, > jc > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' Debian Admin and User > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
