Hi, is it possible to install a package using dpkg without sitting at the console, i.e. offline? The system is "stable".
The problem is with a PC somewhere in the desert connected via ISDN/PPP: A friend wants to update the ISDN package. Of course, if he tries to dpkg -i isdnutils_xyz.deb, the connection to the PC would drop. He tried to use dpkg with `at' and `cron', that is firing the `at' job, logging out and logging in after the `at' job. A similar at script is: #!/bin/bash PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:~/bin export PATH /usr/bin/dpkg -i /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb sleep 60 Unfortunately, it didn't work. There was always an error message mail: Subject: Output from your job 2 dpkg-deb: wait for gzip -dc failed: No child processes dpkg: error processing /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /usr/local/archive/bsdgames_2.5-4.deb What did he do wrong? Are there any chances to dpkg a new isdnutils package from remote? Note: He can't definetily not go and do anything at the console, the machine is a few hundred kilometres away... Thanks in advance, -- W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
