On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:46:50PM +0800, Supriyo Chatterjea wrote: > I've got this libncurses5-dev_5.0-6.0potato1.deb file > that I need to use on my system which runs on RedHat > 6.2. I don't think this is a good idea. > I installed "dpkg" successfully but when I enter the > command: > > #dpkg -i libncurses5-dev_5.0-6.0potato1.deb > > I get the following error message: > > dpkg: failed to open package info file > /var/lib/dpkg/status touch /var/lib/dpkg/status If you only need the files, you can ar -x libncurses5-dev_5.0-6.0potato1.deb and you get a tar.gz with all files... Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debian.org PGP: finger grisu@db.debian.org -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux "Vorbeikommen kannst Du (fast) immer. Ich melde mich, wenn ich die Termine meiner Frau alle weiß." -- ein Freund
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