Re: 'rpm --freshen': dpkg Equivalent?

From: Alexander Schmehl (alexander_at_schmehl.info)
Date: 11/07/04

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    * Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> [041107 17:05]:

    > How can I use 'dpkg' to install a new .deb, but *only* if the package
    > is already on a machine? With RPM, you can use the "freshen" option
    > ("-F" or "--freshen"). But how with 'dpkg'?

    The only way I know (got through the package localepurge) is the
    following:

    apt-get -u --reinstall --fix-missing install $(dpkg -S LC_MESSAGES | cut -d: -f1 | tr ', ' '\n' | sor
    t -u)

    But there might be a simpler ways I'm not aware of.

    Yours sincerely,
      Alexander 

    


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