How to reinstall packages ?

Hi, M$ introduced for their program a reinstall method. Does apt or dpkg provide such a method ? It will be useful in the case your system crash and some important files are trashed. Eventually a method that let you chose if you want to reinstall the configuration files also (like when you install

How to make apt to work in non-passive or passive mode ?

Hi, We have installed hamm via ftp. I have also installed apt from slink. However, we cannot use it to update packages from a local mirror because apt wants a passive connection and the ftp server doesn't allow such connection. Where do I set the type of connection (for ftp) apt will use ? TIA,

Exim fail to receive mails !?!

Hi, We have just installed the hamm on a new PC to make it an e-mail server. We have installed it via ftp from a local mirror. Because of my previous experience with exim, I have chosed it as our MTA. However, it failed to accept any SMTP connection from outside. Because of this, no mail was rece

Where is stig-paren and pc-mode ?

Hi, On my old hamm frozen system I used to use stig-paren.el and pc-mode.el. Now, I do not find them anymore. Can anybody tell me which package they are packed in, please ? TIA, Ionutz