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

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
Hi all! I have emerged dpkg and tried to install deb package, but got error: dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory How to fix this problem? Thanks! -- Alexander Pilipovsky aka Engraver

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

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 20:36:07 Alexander Pilipovsky wrote: Hi all! I have emerged dpkg and tried to install deb package, but got error: dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory How to fix this problem? Thanks! I have no idea,

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

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
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

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

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
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

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

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
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?

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

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 22:16:46 Alexander Pilipovsky wrote: 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 :( I find it's useful to look at error messages. It often tells you what is wrong: dpkg: error

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

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
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