Package Related Commands, Installation


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Package reinstall 
Solution 
Working History 
Trying History 
debian installation source 
Orphaned libraries and programs 
Orphaned libraries and programs 
Package: cruft 
Package: stow 
how to remove kde games 
how to remove kde games 
how to remove kde games 
Is there a parameter for apt-get to install all recommended packages 
Debian: Installed package list 
Debian: Installed package list 
Use of dpkg —set-selections is brain-dead? 
Use of dpkg —set-selections is brain-dead? 
Use of dpkg —set-selections is brain-dead? 
Use of dpkg —set-selections is brain-dead? 
dselect upgrade log 

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