Re: Cannot find dpkg-scanpackages
Hello
Tony Bazeley (<tonyb@sa.apana.org.au>) wrote:
> I'm new to Debian and have done a base installation of Woody 3.0 R1
> from CDROM, and am now in the process of installing packages not on
> the single CD.
>
> I've obtained the packages I want, but dpkg-scanpackages yields:
> "bash- command not found". I've also searched the installed system,
> and the cdrom using "find / -name dpk*" with no results.
>
> It seems dpkg-scanpackages is commonly found in /usr/bin, but not in
> my installation.
Go to <http://packages.debian.org>. You can search package contents
there. Or install apt-file, which will allow you to do that locally. Or
take a look at apt-ftparchive, which can do what dpkg-scanpackages
does, and more.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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