Force reinstall of all Ubuntu packages

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sudo apt-get clean
paste below into reinstall_all.sh

\#\!/bin/bash   

for pkg in `dpkg --get-selections | awk '{print $1}' | egrep -v '(dpkg|apt|mysql|mythtv)'` ; do apt-get -y --force-yes install --reinstall $pkg ; done

sudo chown root:root reinstall_all.sh
sudo chmod 755 reinstall_all.sh
sudo ./reinstall_all.sh

Ian Harris

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Last edit

2013-10-31