you could try the same in screen load screen (type screen)
then type something like sleep 90 ; dpkg -i <the package> and 90 seconds after you press enter it will run that command..for a 1 time deal i find screen/sleep much easier then cron :) and it has never failed for me. nate On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, W. Borgert wrote: debacl >Hi, debacl > debacl >is it possible to install a package using dpkg without debacl >sitting at the console, i.e. offline? The system is debacl >"stable". debacl > debacl >The problem is with a PC somewhere in the desert connected debacl >via ISDN/PPP: A friend wants to update the ISDN package. debacl >Of course, if he tries to dpkg -i isdnutils_xyz.deb, the debacl >connection to the PC would drop. He tried to use dpkg with debacl >`at' and `cron', that is firing the `at' job, logging out debacl >and logging in after the `at' job. A similar at script is: debacl > debacl >#!/bin/bash debacl > debacl >PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:~/bin debacl >export PATH debacl >/usr/bin/dpkg -i /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb debacl >sleep 60 debacl > debacl >Unfortunately, it didn't work. There was always an error debacl >message mail: debacl > debacl >Subject: Output from your job 2 debacl > debacl >dpkg-deb: wait for gzip -dc failed: No child processes debacl >dpkg: error processing /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb (--install): debacl > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 debacl >Errors were encountered while processing: debacl > /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb debacl > debacl >What did he do wrong? Are there any chances to dpkg a new debacl >isdnutils package from remote? Note: He can't definetily debacl >not go and do anything at the console, the machine is a few debacl >hundred kilometres away... debacl > debacl >Thanks in advance, debacl >-- debacl >W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> debacl > debacl > debacl >-- debacl >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null debacl > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:15am up 110 days, 18:59, 2 users, load average: 1.58, 1.54, 1.65
