okay, here's what I get. ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/status --comes back as: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 423826 jan 31 16:01 (don't ask) /var/lib/dpkg/status
whoami; dpkg -i <filename.deb> --comes back as: root dpkg: failed to open package info file '/var/lib/status' for reading: no such file or directory (sorry about the last message, I made a mistake) -----Original Message----- From: rod peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:20 PM Subject: Re: using dpkg > >-----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 >> > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
