RE: dpkg problem
On 10-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote:
> I installed iglooftp:
>
> lilypad:/home/pollywog/src# dpkg -i iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb
> (Reading database ... 46648 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace iglooftp 0.3.3-1 (using iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement iglooftp ...
> Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background)
> Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock)
> Setting up iglooftp (0.3.3-1) ...
>
> But dpkg says iglooftp is not installed:
> lilypad:/home/pollywog/src# dpkg -L iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb
> Package `iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb' is not installed.
>
dpkg -L works on package names, not deb files.
foo [~]$ dpkg -L dpkg
/.
/etc
/etc/dpkg
/etc/alternatives
/usr
/usr/doc
/usr/doc/dpkg
/usr/doc/dpkg/copyright
/usr/doc/dpkg/changelog.gz
/usr/share
/usr/share/locale
/usr/share/locale/en
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
/usr/share/emacs
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-changelog-mode.el
/usr/include
/usr/include/dpkg
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg-db.h
/usr/include/dpkg/tarfn.h
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0
/usr/lib/libdpkg.so
/usr/lib/libdpkg.la
/usr/lib/libdpkg.a
/usr/lib/dpkg
/usr/lib/dpkg/mksplit
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/update
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/install
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/names
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.harddisk
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.mounted
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.cdrom
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.nfs
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/setup
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/update
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/install
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/names
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/desc.floppy
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/dpkg
/usr/bin/dpkg-deb
/usr/bin/dpkg-split
/usr/bin/md5sum
/usr/bin/dselect
/usr/man
/usr/man/man8
/usr/man/man8/update-rc.d.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/start-stop-daemon.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/update-alternatives.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/install-info.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/dselect.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/dpkg.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/dpkg-split.8.gz
/usr/man/man1
/usr/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/dpkg-deb.1.gz
/usr/man/man1/dpkg-divert.1.gz
/usr/sbin
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives
/usr/sbin/install-info
/usr/sbin/dpkg-divert
/usr/sbin/cleanup-info
/sbin
/sbin/start-stop-daemon
/var
/var/lib
/var/lib/dpkg
/var/lib/dpkg/info
/var/lib/dpkg/updates
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives
/var/lib/dpkg/methods
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/disk
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt
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