> Is there an easy way to force apt to download a deb again? I seem to have > got a corrupted one: > > (Reading database ... 131943 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xfonts-75dpi 4.1.0-5 (using > .../xfonts-75dpi_4.1.0-6_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xfonts-75dpi ... > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > dpkg: error processing /usr/var/apt/archives/xfonts-75dpi_4.1.0-6_all.deb > (--unpack): > > I think it's just my download, not the version on the server, that's corrupt.
use 'apt-get clean' to remove the cached deb files, then use 'apt-get install ...' again. hope this helps. pietro.