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| From | Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents? |
| Date | 2020-07-31 18:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AyGoh-4kD-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <AyD74-2ts-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 2020-07-31 15:10 +0200, local10 wrote:
> Am looking for a way to reinstall a package and all "subpackages" the
> package depends on. Normally I use aptitude to install packages.
Something like this should do the trick:
# aptitude reinstall mypackage '~i~Rmypackage'
See the "Search term reference" in the aptitude user manual[1].
I haven't found a way to that recursively.
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s04s05.en.html
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aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2020-07-31 15:20 +0200
Re: aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2020-07-31 18:20 +0200
Re: aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2020-07-31 18:50 +0200
Re: aptitude: a way to reinstall a package and all its dependents? Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxuser@gmail.com> - 2020-07-31 20:20 +0200
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