2009/3/24 Alexander Pilipovsky <alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com>: > Paul Hartman написав(ла): > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Alexander Pilipovsky > <alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon написав(ла): > > I have no idea, but I imagine > > mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg > touch /var/lib/dpkg/status > > would be a good first test. Did you even attempt that much? > > And why are you installing dpkg on a portage box? That looks like a vast > file > collision fsck-fest just waiting to happen > > > > I tried to > > 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? > > > > > 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...
