On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:14:16PM -0800, Bahadir Balban wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a filesystem where I want to add debian packages. How could I
> install dpkg from scratch so that I can use it to install packages?
>
> I extracted dpkg 1.10 with its dependant packages. (dselect and ncurses)
>
> I have a /usr/lib/dpkg directory with a status file and some other,
> but when I do:
>
> dpkg -i somepackage.deb, it fails with not finding the updates file.
>
> I dont care about dependencies as I am already aware of them for the
> packages I want to install. I simply want dpkg to install the files in
> the right places and perhaps run the postinst preinst scripts as what
> -i does.
>
> Do you know how to install dpkg to work like this?
>
> Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi Bahadir,
I dont know if that is possible or advisable?
I'd probably use 'alien' as it can convert debs to other formats.
(rpm for example)
if you google, you will see that .deb are made with common *nix tools
like 'ar' , 'tar' and 'gzip'.
-kev
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