Lance Rushing wrote: > I'm trying to get /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/altwin (an other files) to install > from the xlibs package. If I: > > # dpkg --contents xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb > > I get of list of the contents and it shows the files I am interested in. > But if I: > > # dpkg --install xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb > > the files don't get installed. I've extracted the files and the controls > from this package to check if there is a preinst script or something. But > there are none. The only control files are: 'conffiles', 'list', and > 'md5sums'.
Hi Lance, This is probably because most files under /etc are "conffiles", and dpkg will not install a missing conffile by default if you reinstall an already-existing package. (It assumes that if you previously deleted the conffile, you must have done it for a good reason.) The --force-confmiss option to dpkg will probably do what you want: dpkg --force-confmiss --install xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
