-----Original Message----- From: Mitch Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 11:26 AM Subject: Re: using dpkg
>Hi Rod, > >Cat you send the output of the following commands? > >[bash]$ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 668800 Feb 7 02:19 /var/lib/dpkg/status > >[bash]$ whoami; dpkg -i <filename.deb> >mblevin >dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. >dpkg: `start-stop-daemon' not found on PATH. >dpkg: `install-info' not found on PATH. >dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH. >dpkg: 4 expected program(s) not found on PATH. >NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. > >Thanks, >-Mitch > >In foo.debian-user, you wrote: >> 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. > >--------------------------------------------------------- >DO YOU DEBIAN? >Get your free Operating System at http://www.debian.org >
