Thank you guys for the replies. I got what I wanted by doing the following:
create a symlink from /var/lib/dpkg --> /usr/lib/dpkg create an empty updates directory in /usr/lib/dpkg to get rid of no updates dir complaint. type "dpkg --clear-avail" to get rid of complaint for not finding available packages. now with --force-depends I can install packages I want. This is much better than the way I tried to install things on the host. Thanks, Bahadir On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:55:42 -0500, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 04:38:20PM -0500, Chris Gorman wrote: > > > > In order to get around the dependencies use the --force-depends switch > > with dpkg which will turn all dependency errors into warnings. > > > > dpkg -i --force-depends somepackage.deb > > > > I'm not sure if this will fix the problem with dpkg not finding updates, > > which is a directory on my system ( /var/lib/dpkg/updates/ ) . > > I have had no problems like that, only that it refused to unpack > base-files or something due to armv5tel not maching architecture arm > even though that is what I said I wanted. Apparently some things > require the map file be correct in debootstrap. Once the system is > installed it never seems to care what the uname -m says. > > Len Sorensen > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
