forcing APT-GET UPDATE to reget the package lists

[Michael R. Head]

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 10:51 +0900, Tomoki Taniguchi wrote:
> is there a way to force apt-get update
> to reget a package list even if it thinks
> it's the same one that it has previously downloaded?

apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>

that'll at least let you reinstall an existing package.

> and also also where is the downloaded package list
> stored on the system?
> 
> TIA,
> Tomoki
> 
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