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Re: dpkg/dselect errors



On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 07:01:07PM -0400, Ken Stronach wrote:
> Anytime I try to run apt-get or dselect I get an error with the dpkg system.
> 
> The error is as follows:
> 
> dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH
> dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
> NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> Some errors occured while unpacking. I', going to configure the
> packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
> or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
> above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
> Press enter to continue.

Use  'dpkg -x sysvinit_something.deb /tmp', copy update-rc.d to /usr/sbin and
continue upgrading. Known bug in dpkg 1.10, it's going to be fixed Real Soon
(tm).

mfg,

Stephen Rüger

-- 
The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity.
To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.
-- Nietzsche


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