How to reinstall

[thejinx0r]

How can I reinstall a package, including the conf files?

So here;s my problem.
I purged samba from my server using "apt-get purge".
Then, I noticed some conf files left over in /etc/samba so I deleted those.

Now when I run "apt-get install samba" the conf files aren't replaced and samba fails to load.

So, how can I get apt-get to reinstall (restore) them?

Thank yoo.

[Barriehie]

How can I reinstall a package, including the conf files?

So here;s my problem.
I purged samba from my server using "apt-get purge".
Then, I noticed some conf files left over in /etc/samba so I deleted those.

Now when I run "apt-get install samba" the conf files aren't replaced and samba fails to load.

So, how can I get apt-get to reinstall (restore) them?

Thank yoo.

Try apt-get --reinstall

Barrie

[thejinx0r]

So I tried that already, and it didn't work.

So to be even more thorough, here's a list of thing I tried:

apt-get purge then install samba;
apt-get install --reinstall samba;
dpkg -r samba; then apt-get install;
dpkg-reconfigure samba;

more too, but, can't really remember all of them of the of my head.

But more suggestions would be welcomed.

[Barriehie]

You can try using dpkg to install it. I'ld first look in the file /var/lib/dpkg/status and search it for samba, if found I'ld delete that section and then:

dpkg -i samba
all this of course AFTER making a backup copy of the status file.

Barrie