Refetching an installed package, lost from /var/cache/apt/archives/?

[Art Edwards]

Erik Christiansen wrote:
> My /var/cache/apt/archives/ leaks, and after some time is empty.
> I need a copy of the xpdf-reader package, to bucket-brigade to a
> non-networked host, but on the networked host:
> 
> xpdf-reader is already the newest version.
> 
> Is there a way to force a fetch from a repository? Even:
> 
> # apt-get remove xpdf-reader      # Appears not to do any good:
> 
> # dpkg -s xpdf-reader
> Package: xpdf-reader
> Status: install ok installed      # It's still there!
> 
> And no, this doesn't help at all:
> # apt-get --download-only install xpdf-reader
> 
> Nor does :
> #apt-get --reinstall install xpdf-reader
> 
> put anything into /var/cache/apt/archives/ :-(
> 
> Erik
> 
What exactly was the response for an apt-get remove ? Did you try using
dpkg? This has some nice force options.

Art Edwards