on Mon, May 20, 2002, Squirrel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > You'll probably want to touch /var/lib/dpkg/status. > > > > Can you give a bit more information about what you're doing, though? It > > sounds rather dangerous. Installing .debs verbatim on a non-Debian > > system could break it, as dpkg will keep track of file conflicts with > > other packages but not with random files lying around from an earlier > > installation. > > I want to install debian linux on my MIPS machine. I have compiled a > linux kernel and it can boot the redhat7.2. When I boot the > redhat7.2,I just copy the base file architecture into my hard > disc,then I install the gcc, then I compile the other tools. So I > want to do under the debian just like under the redhat, but there is > no dpkg tool and I can't install the gcc. That is my question. Can > you help me?
In addition to Collin's comments, I've documented a chroot install
procedure you may be interested in:
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/DebianChrootInstall.html
Peace.
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