Re: Package Installation Failure
Yves.Pocchiola@space.alcatel.fr writes:
> dpkg-deb: file looks like it might be an archive which has been
> dpkg-deb: corrupted by being downloaded in ASCII mode
> dpkg-deb: `/home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb' is not a
> debian format archive
> dpkg: error processing /home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb
> (--install):
> subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb
>
> It the first time I see this problem of "ASCII mode". I used to download and
> install this way RPMs and Suse packages without any problem.
Like the message says, you downloaded the package in ASCII mode. You'll have
to re-download it in binary mode. Any decent FTP program will let you switch.
If this is the first time you've experienced this problem, you may have
accidentally switched your FTP program to ASCII mode. RPMs are binary files
too, and would also be corrupted by downloading in ASCII mode.
Hubert
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