Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

2009/3/24 Alexander Pilipovsky <alexander.pilipovsky@gmail.com>:
> Paul Hartman написав(ла):
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Alexander Pilipovsky
> <alexander.pilipovsky@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alan McKinnon написав(ла):
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> I have no idea, but I imagine
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> mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg
> touch /var/lib/dpkg/status
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> would be a good first test. Did you even attempt that much?
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> And why are you installing dpkg on a portage box? That looks like a vast
> file
> collision fsck-fest just waiting to happen
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> I tried to
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> mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg
> touch /var/lib/dpkg/status
> touch /var/lib/dpkg/available
> ln /sbin/update-rc /sbin/update-rc.d
> and got a new error, heh
> sh-3.2# dpkg -i nerolinux-3.5.0.1-x86.deb
> dpkg: error processing nerolinux-3.5.0.1-x86.deb (--install):
>  package architecture (i386) does not match system ()
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nerolinux-3.5.0.1-x86.deb
>
>
> Why not use the ebuild for app-cdr/nero?
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> I used nero in previous listing as example to install, but I get these
> errors for any deb :(

Well, a .deb is just a tar with special file names inside. You can
untar it, then unpack the data.tar.gz and get the files and try to
install it manually (in a worst case scenario) :)

I haven't tried dpkg to install a .deb so I am of no use...