Problems unpacking dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb

[Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>]

I tried the steps JÜrgen told. I downloaded

   dpkg-1.1.2elf.nondebbin.tar.gz	(from ftp.phil.uni-sb.de)
   dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb			(from our local Debian mirror)

And extracted dpkg-1.1.2elf.nondebbin.tar.gz. Then I tried the `dpkg -i'. I
added the `--force-depends' option because I didn't install the Debian libc
etc. and ran against the following problem:

| bash# dpkg -i --force-depends /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb
| dpkg: regarding /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
|  dpkg pre-depends on libc5
|   libc5 is not installed.
| dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
| dpkg: regarding /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
|  dpkg pre-depends on ncurses3.0
|   ncurses3.0 is not installed.
| dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
| (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
| Unpacking dpkg (from /var/tmp/new/debian/dpkg-1.1.2elf.deb) ...
| dpkg: dpkg: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
|  dpkg depends on libc5; however:
|   Package libc5 is not installed.
|  dpkg depends on ncurses3.0; however:
|   Package ncurses3.0 is not installed.
| Setting up dpkg ...
| install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory
| dpkg: error processing dpkg (--install):
|  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
| Errors were encountered while processing:
|  dpkg
| bash#

Any clues?

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/m68k on Amiga          http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium