I have been logged in as root. Now what?
-----Original Message----- From: M.C. Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rod Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 2:24 AM Subject: Re: using dpkg > >> When I try to use dpkg -i (filename.deb) >> I always get something like this: >> cannot open /var/lib/dpkg/status > >You need to run dpkg -i as root. > >Matthew > >-- >Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo > >Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society >Selwyn College Computer Support >http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ >http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ >Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >