What version of dpkg do you have right now (from "dpkg --version")?
On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 08:55, Vic Norton wrote: > Curiously, the lines > ~% sudo apt-get update > ~% sudo apt-get install dpkg > seem to indicate everything is OK: > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, dpkg is already the newest version. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Be that as it may, the lines > ~% fink install dpkg > ~% fink selfupdate-cvs > ~% fink update-all > each produce the same final output: > can't find curses file > make[2]: *** [curkeys.h] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [all-dselect] Error 2 > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 2 > ### execution of failed, exit code 2 > Failed: compiling dpkg-1.10.9-2 failed > > Regards, > > Vic > > At 5:55 PM -0500 1/29/03, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >Umm...dpkg is what fink actually uses to install/remove files. > > > >Since it's a core file, it should get updated when you use "fink > >selfupdate-cvs" > > > >On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 17:39, Vic Norton wrote: > >> I've never used Debian that I know of, but I see that my "dpkg" is > >>out of date: > >> (i) dpkg 1.10.9-2 The Debian package manager > >> Still, when I try to update it with > >> fink install dpkg > >> my terminal churns through a lot of stuff and finally prints out > >> can't find curses file > >> make[2]: *** [curkeys.h] Error 1 > >> make[1]: *** [all-dselect] Error 2 > >> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 2 > >> ### execution of failed, exit code 2 > >> Failed: compiling dpkg-1.10.9-2 failed > >> > >> Anyone have any idea what the problem is? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Vic > >> > > > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > >> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > >> http://www.vasoftware.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Fink-beginners mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > >-- > >Alexander K. Hansen > >Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > >visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > >Levitated Dipole Experiment > >175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > >Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
