Re: using dpkg
okay, here's what I get.
ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status
--comes back as:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 423826 jan 31 16:01 (don't ask)
/var/lib/dpkg/status
whoami; dpkg -i <filename.deb>
--comes back as:
root
dpkg: failed to open package info file
'/var/lib/status' for reading: no such file or directory
(sorry about the last message, I made a mistake)
-----Original Message-----
From: rod peters <petersr@uniserve.com>
To: mblevin@debian.org <mblevin@debian.org>
Cc: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: using dpkg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>
>To: petersr@uniserve.com <petersr@uniserve.com>
>Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 11:26 AM
>Subject: Re: using dpkg
>
>
>>Hi Rod,
>>
>>Cat you send the output of the following commands?
>>
>>[bash]$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 668800 Feb 7 02:19
/var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>>[bash]$ whoami; dpkg -i <filename.deb>
>>mblevin
>>dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH.
>>dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH.
>>dpkg: `install-info' not found on PATH.
>>dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH.
>>dpkg: 4 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
>>NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and
>/sbin.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-Mitch
>>
>>In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>>> 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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>>
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