Re: using dpkg
I have been logged in as root.
Now what?
-----Original Message-----
From: M.C. Vernon <mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk>
To: Rod Peters <spugnoid@yahoo.com>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: using dpkg
>
>> When I try to use dpkg -i (filename.deb)
>> I always get something like this:
>> cannot open /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>You need to run dpkg -i as root.
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>Matthew
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