On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 12:17:54PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > >> > >Hi all, > >I used dpkg -X xserver-xfree86 to install the files for X to run BUT > >xserver-xfree86 is still not in the status database. It exits with a > >error #64. And I can not install x-window-system and x-window-system-core. > >Does anyone know where I can get complete info about this apt/dpkg error > >short of reading source code! > >-Kev > > > > > > > Ahhh. dpkg is used to install single packages, and doesn't take care of > dependencies. You want to use a front-end for dpkg, such as apt-get or > aptitude. Try "apt-get install x-window-system". > > -- > Kent Hi Kent, I normally use aptitude or synaptic or apt-get. I used dpkg because the others failed. 'dpkg -X' does not update the packaging system like dpkg -i or apt-get does, it is basically like 'tar -xvf pkg.tar' This issue is not dependencies, its other problems like the package database integrety or something more obscure. -Kev
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