Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 24 July 2016 20:31:56 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 7/24/2016 1:40 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Problem solved. Many thanks for all that answered my plea for > > assistance. > > And the solution was? ?? ? > > Remember someone will have same/similar problem. > W

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 7/24/2016 1:40 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote: [snip] Problem solved. Many thanks for all that answered my plea for assistance. And the solution was? ?? ? Remember someone will have same/similar problem. When they search all they will discover is "solution exists". I suspect t

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread S. P. Molnar
On 07/24/2016 11:34 AM, Hans wrote: Deinstalling has two flaws : 1) Deinstalling a package requires to deinstall all packages which depend on it. Yes. 2) The dependencies may be used by other packages, so they may not be orphaned. If you deinstall all the dependencies too, see 1). As many pac

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 24 July 2016 16:24:27 Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 24/07/2016 à 15:47, Hans a écrit : > > Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2016, 09:30:12 schrieb S. P. Molnar: > >> How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's > >> dependencies? > > A file or a package ? > > > 1. I would deinstall the

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Hans
> Deinstalling has two flaws : > > 1) Deinstalling a package requires to deinstall all packages which > depend on it. Yes. > > 2) The dependencies may be used by other packages, so they may not be > orphaned. If you deinstall all the dependencies too, see 1). As many > packages depend on libc6,

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 24/07/2016 à 15:47, Hans a écrit : Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2016, 09:30:12 schrieb S. P. Molnar: How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's dependencies? A file or a package ? 1. I would deinstall the package (aptitude purge packagename), then maybe all orphaned libs Dein

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread S. P. Molnar
On 07/24/2016 09:47 AM, Hans wrote: Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2016, 09:30:12 schrieb S. P. Molnar: Debian Jessie. How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's dependencies? Thanks in advance. Two solutions: 1. I would deinstall the package (aptitude purge packagename), then maybe

Re: Force Re-installation

2016-07-24 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2016, 09:30:12 schrieb S. P. Molnar: > Debian Jessie. > > How do I force the re-installation of a file and all of it's dependencies? > > Thanks in advance. Two solutions: 1. I would deinstall the package (aptitude purge packagename), then maybe all orphaned libs (aptitude p