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Package Related Commands, Installation

Package reinstall

Solution

apt-get --reinstall install libc6

Working History

% apt-get --reinstall install libc6
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/4731kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.

Trying History

% apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
  Installed: 2.3.6-15
  Candidate: 2.3.6-15
  Version table:
 *** 2.3.6-15 0
         40 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.3.6-13 0
       1000 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca etch/main Packages
       1000 http://mirror.direct.ca etch/main Packages
       1000 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main Packages

% apt-get dist-upgrade
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

% apt-get install libc6
libc6 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

documented on: 2006.06.24