[ubuntu-za] ARE .DEB FILES NECESSARY?

[Vincent Williams]

On Wednesday 31 December 2008 09:25:08 vincent wrote:
> A possibly silly question.
>
> Are the .Deb files, kept in /cache/archives necessary to re-install
> programs downloaded, should there be a mishap, or are these just used in
> the initial download process?

If you need to reinstall and have deleted the  relevant .deb file(s) from your 
local archive, they will be downloaded again. 

Cheers,
Vincent W.