On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:03:12PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 03:01 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > > After the corrupted package is identified, how can I reinstall the > > package? Of course, I can uninstall/install the package but this will > > force me to uninstall/install all dependents? >
debsums will check all files against their md5 sums > apt-get install --reinstall [package name] > This will usually work, but occasionally some files (mostly generated ones) wont be rebuilt. To get passed uninstalling dependencies you can do a dpkg -r --force-all or dpkg -P --force-all only make sure to reinstall the package after that since it will leave you system with broken dependencies otherwise. > Adam > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
