On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 02:37:30PM +0100, Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Hello! > > I do on my home server > aptitude search ~i >installed_packages > > Now I want to reinstall all these packages listed in > 'installed_packages' file, with aptitude. > > How can I do that? > > I tried: > # aptitude reinstall <installed_packages > > but nothing happen. > > Any advice will be appreciated!
You need to pass the packages as command-line arguments, not on stdin. Try # aptitude reinstall $(cat installed_packages) Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]