* On 05-07-01 at 00:18 Moritz Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: +----Here quoted text begins----+ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I have lost several files due to an fs inconsistency on ext2 fs, I > > would therefore like to just reinstall certain packages, to replace > > the lost files. Is there an easy was how this can be done? I > > checked the dpkg man page and did not find anything like reinstall. > > 'dpkg -i foo.deb' will reinstall the package foo, if it's already > installed. If you want to use APT, you've to use --reinstall in > addition to 'install'. > > hth, > moritz > -- > Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.chaosdorf.de/moritz/ > Debian/GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org/ http://www.gnu.org/ > GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199 +----and here the quote ends----+ Thank you!
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