Re: using dpkg

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Jiri Baum wrote:
  >Hello,
  >
  >> >>[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.
  >
  >Why are those four programs not found?
 
Because you are not running as superuser (as you must to install
packages).  Those programs are in /sbin and /usr/sbin, which are
not in a normal user's search path.

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