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How to reinstall a package using 'apt-get'?

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Mar 15, 2026782483 views
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Problem

It seems that my is somehow broken: So I would like to reinstall by using . Unfortunately it seems doesn't have a reinstall option. How could I get to work again? It's possible that I found the root cause for aptitude's segfault. Here is how I can reproduce it: 'ssh' remote login into the Debian machine via Cygwin's rxvt terminal (from a Windows 7 64-bit German edition). Enlarge the rxvt window so that it spans across two monitors (yes, I have two monitors) Run . Note: when I resize the rxvt terminal to normal then I don't have these segmentation faults!

Error Output

sudo aptitude update
0% [Working]Segmentation fault

dmesg
[223282.616599] aptitude[30972]: segfault at 67707f ip 7f954dcfae5d sp 7ffff5a5f950 error 4 in libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6.0[7f954dca5000+bd000]

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