On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > > > I try to install X11 from cdrom that is download and recorded from ftp. > > When I use dselect to install some packages, some .deb packages are > > refused by dpkg. Even I use dpkg -i xlib* to install X11, error message > > like: > > > > dpkg-deb: /...directory/xlib6*.. not dbian format > > > > Does anybody have same problem before? Why the .deb that is download can > > not be accepted? > > Ok, I'll bite (since you've asked three times). Normally, questions on > debian-user get answered more quickly than - I thought somebody else would > have taken this one by now.
Same here...but it was the weekend. > > Most likely, you have a file named xlib.......... in your directory that is > not a .deb file. Perhaps you also downloaded a xlib*.tar.gz file (an > upstream source package). > > Try running 'dpkg -i xlib*.deb' instead. Or even better, use the full > explicit file name. > > (Of course, there is always the possibility that you have found a bug) It's also possible that the file has got corrupted. I hope the person who cut the CD remembered to ftp the files in binary mode. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
