Re: apt-get error
No, sorry I am trying to extract 'belocs'. Yes I use '-i' to install.
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 14:39 +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
>
> > Hi, it is there but dpkg -x *** won't extract, what's the best way?
>
> never _ever_ install something with dpkg -x! This calls dpkg-deb and
> just unpacks the contents of an archive without registering them in
> the package system nor doing any needed cnfiguration! Do read the
> man page of dpkg and use it properly, since it is seriously capable
> of hosing your system is used in the wrong way. The right way to
> install a package with dpkg is "dpkg -i", to remove one "dpkg -r",
> to remove the package and all its configurations "dpkg --purge".
>
> Let me stress this again, do read and understand the man pages of dpkg
> before using it directly, unless you don't care risking to make your
> system unusable.
>
> Bye
> Giacomo
>
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