To install a package, you want to do something like dpkg -i <packagename> If you have not purged, the packages are most likely in /var/apt/cache or /var/cache/apt; I don't have a Debian box handy so can't remember for sure. Matt <quote who="Rejean Proulx"> > I removed a package I deeply regret doing and it kill my network. I am > quite sure there is a dpkg command that will let me put it back but I > can't figure out what it is from the manual. What command do I put in > there to et my package back. I didn't purge it so it is still there, > just hidden from me that is until I figure out how to get it back. > > Rejean Proulx > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > Ham License VA3REJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Matt B. White Tel: 508.969.2836