Bug#4784: dselect/dpkg errors
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.2.6
Running dpkg out of dselect I received the following when trying to install
packages from the Debian CDROM. I had pre-mounted the cdrom on /mnt and
selected the "mounted" option from the list of access methods, however I
have the same problem if I select "cdrom" from the access methods list and
dpkg looks for the module utilities in
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt/stable/binary, In the latter case it appears that
the CDROM is indeed not mounted at all and /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt is empty.
This is the very first (and last!) CDROM package which dpkg tried to cope
with during the install. This is an initial install of Debian and I have
not been able to install any packages from the CDROM.
Output from dselect is as follows:
Running dpkg -iGROEB /mnt/stable/binary
find: /mnt/stable/binary/base/modules_2.0.0-10.deb: No such file or directory
dpkg: subprocess find return error exit status 1
installation script returned exit status 1.
Press RETURN to continue ...
...and I'm back in the dselect menu without anything having been installed.
The interesting thing here is that if I suspend dselect and
ls /mnt/stable/binary/base/modules_2.0.0-10.deb it's there, no problem.
So what is going on here? Any ideas? I'm no stranger to Linux, but this is
my first time with Debian Linux. I've read good reviews of it and it
appears to be a well organized and well supported distribution, however what
with kernel version mismatches and this dpkg problem the install is turning
into something of a pain in the butt.
Lindsay Haisley (______)
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