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Reinstalling Configuration Files via apt on Ubuntu

I accidentally hosed /etc/nginx thinking it would be reinstalled with apt install nginx. When no config files showed up, I had to do this to get things going.

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# Purge, then reinstall\napt-get purge nginx nginx-common nginx-full\napt-get install nginx\n\n# Old option\napt-get -o DPkg::options::=--force-confmiss --reinstall install nginx nginx-common nginx-full\n
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