Mamoun Alissali wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've done a very stupid thing taht removed the /bin/cat binary,
> so I think I have to reinstall the textutils package (is there any
> other/better
> solution?), but can't do it since it is marked installed/up-to-date. How
> do I force dselect to reinstall it?
>
> Sorry for asking that question again, I saw the answer yesterday but I
> can't remember what it said and can't find the mail anymore.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mamoun
If your trying to install the *same* version of textutils, dpkg
won't stop you, i.e. it doesn't mind. Just do 'dpkg --install
textutilxxx.deb'. If you are trying to install an *older* version
of textutils, then yes, by default, dpkg will not do that. You
are trying to *downgrade* to an older version. Here you would
have to force dpkg with a --force parameter. In this case,
something like 'dpkg --install --force-downgrade textutilxxx.deb'
would work.
--
Ed C.
