n@ubuntu:/usr/sbin$                  DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew denyhosts
-bash: DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew: command not found
n@ubuntu:/usr/sbin$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confmiss -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew denyhosts
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/62.4kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 148170 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace denyhosts 2.6-1 (using .../denyhosts_2.6-1_all.deb) ...
DenyHosts is not running
Unpacking replacement denyhosts ...
Setting up denyhosts (2.6-1) ...
starting DenyHosts:    /usr/bin/env python /usr/bin/denyhosts.py --daemon --config=/usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg
python: can't open file '/usr/bin/denyhosts.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory