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| Newer page: | version 37 | Last edited on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 12:40:24 pm | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
| Older page: | version 36 | Last edited on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 11:34:02 am | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
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!!! Ratelimiting [APT] Downloads
See the relevant notes about limiting download speeds on the DebianNotes page
-!!! Reinstalling packages
+!!! Reinstalling or fixing
packages
use <tt>apt-get --reinstall install <package> </tt>
+
+You may wish to just reconfigure the package in which case you can do <tt>dpkg-reconfigure <package></tt>
!!! Secure [APT]: Verifying Packages
Starting with version 0.6, which is now in [Debian] unstable (sid/etch) and Ubuntu, [APT] has the capability to verify package signatures. This is done by verifying that the Release file is signed by a trusted key. The signed release file then contains the [MD5] checksums of the packages which you can verify against what you just downloaded. This protects against two attacks:
