reinstall option

[Sean McMahon]

For you it would look like 
apt-get install --reinstall vsftpd 
That reinstall with 2 dashes infront of it and apt-get no spaces.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: reinstall option


> I have been reading the man pages on dpkg, dselect, and apt-get.
> I am trying to figure out the command-line structure for re-installing the 
> vsftpd program.
> Can someone suggest the best of the 3 utilities mentioned above for 
> re-installing vsftpd, and an example of how to use the reinstall option?
> Thanks much.
> 
> Glenn
> 
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