On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Ionut Borcoman wrote:
> I know this method. What I want is something to do an reisntalation for > ALL the installed packages from the system, not a specific one. When you > have tens of programms, it is no fun to make this process by hand !. It is quite easy in fact: # STEP 1: # first mount your cdrom; # I have an entry for it in /etc/fstab, but you may # have to specify the physical device here too # (oh and _first_ insert the physical cd of course.) # mount /cdrom # STEP 2: # cd to the right place in the directory tree of # your favorite debian release on the cd. # YMMV because the layout changed a bit recently. # cd /cdrom/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386 # STEP 3: # make dpkg do its thing. # read the fine dpkg manpage to learn what the # "GREB" options mean exactly. # dpkg -iGREB * # STEP 4: # depending on what is on your cd, you may want to # reiterate steps 2 and 3, substituting "contrib", # "non-free" or "non-US" for "main" in step 2. Cheers, Joost
