Well I figured out my problem and am posting it here just in case someone else may want to use this to.
First I used this to find all installed packages. dpkg -l '*'| grep '^i'| cut -f 3 -d ' ' >| installed.packages Then I ran apt like this. apt-get install --reinstall `cat /home/josh/installed.packages` -- Linux, the choice | "Life is too important to take seriously." of a GNU generation -o) | -- Corky Siegel Kernel 2.4.9-ac12 /\ | on a i586 _\_v |