Am 24. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Patrick C so:
moin moin,
> First, some output.
>
> pxc@cooldude:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall kate
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reinstallation of kate is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
As Kristian already pointed out, make sure to update your package cache
if you've changed your sources. You can use the update option to either
apt-get or aptitude.
> The problem, if it's not already clear, is that the package manager wants to
> download some packages from a repository I have (intentionally) removed. I
> need to be able to search through my packages for any containing "ppa" in
> the package version, and replace them with an older one. How can I do this?
> (How can I make Kubuntu stop thinking that those packages are to be
> downloaded from the ppa repository!?)
You can pin the ppa repository between 1 and 100 and the other
repositories over 1000.
man apt_preferences
This is really old and somewhat out of date, but I like how I described
things :).
http://www.LuftHans.com/unix/docs/HOWTO/cafod.txt
ciao,
der.hans
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