My first guess is going to be that you have downloaded the dpkg.deb file onto a textmode mountpoint.
>From a cygwin shell, do a 'mount'. determine the mount type of the mountpoint where the .deb file is located. If necessary, move the .deb file to a binmode mountpoint, and see if that fixes your problem. On Thu, 9 May 2002 07:42:07 +0200, Jan Svarc wrote: >Good morning, > >What am I doing bad, if I'm not able to install dpkg with this output: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ id -a >uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=513(None),0(root),545(Users) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ wget.exe -c http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap/dpkg_1.9.18_w32.de >b >--07:38:23-- >http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap/dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb > > => `dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb' >Resolving debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net... done. >Connecting to debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net[216.136.171.201]:80... connected. >HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK >Length: 1,430,388 [text/plain] > >100%[====================================>] 1,430,388 103.52K/s ETA 00:00 > >07:38:38 (103.52 KB/s) - `dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb' saved [1430388/1430388] > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ touch /var/lib/dpkg/available > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ touch /var/lib/dpkg/status > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb >Selecting previously deselected package dpkg. >(Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.) >Unpacking dpkg (from dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb) ... >dpkg: error processing dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb (--install): > corrupted filesystem tarfile - corrupted package archive: error 0 >dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) >Errors were encountered while processing: > dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
