Re: populating a generic linux system with debian packages.
> It complains that dpkg is not recorded as installed (true I have
> untarred
> it into the system) cannot check for pre-depends support.
You need to do it in this sequence:
# dpkg --force-depends -i dpkg_1.4.1.6.deb
# dpkg --install ldso_1.9.11-2.deb
# dpkg --install libc6_2.1.2-0pre11.deb
# dpkg --install libncurses4_4.2-3.2.deb
# dpkg --install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1_2.91.66-2.deb
# dpkg --install apt_0.3.11.deb
i.e, you need to install dpkg *twice*, once to get it running, and once to
make sure dpkg gets recorded as installed.
randolph
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