On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Kenyon wrote: > I am in the process of recovering from having a very damaged filesystem. > > Is there a method using either dpkg or apt/aptitude to get packages to > refresh their files? > > The packages installed are up to date so I can't upgrade many of them.
Certainly possible. In fact, it's possible to use any of the tools you mentioned seperately: dpkg --install package_<whatever>.deb apt-get install --reinstall package aptitude reinstall package -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org