For you it would look like apt-get install --reinstall vsftpd That reinstall with 2 dashes infront of it and apt-get no spaces. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn@home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:49 PM Subject: reinstall option > I have been reading the man pages on dpkg, dselect, and apt-get. > I am trying to figure out the command-line structure for re-installing the > vsftpd program. > Can someone suggest the best of the 3 utilities mentioned above for > re-installing vsftpd, and an example of how to use the reinstall option? > Thanks much. > > Glenn > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup