[james-gibbs-ibook:~/Desktop] jgibbs% sudo dpkg --contents acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
Password:
drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2003-01-29 07:28:14 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2003-01-29 07:28:17 ./sw/
drwxr-xr-x root/admin 0 2003-01-29 07:28:17 ./sw/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 292888 2003-01-29 07:28:16 ./sw/bin/acediff
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 1395668 2003-01-29 07:28:17 ./sw/bin/blixem
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 1399480 2003-01-29 07:28:17 ./sw/bin/dotter
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 5913284 2003-01-29 07:28:16 ./sw/bin/giface
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 417704 2003-01-29 07:28:16 ./sw/bin/saceclient
dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy)
-rwxr-xr-x root/wheel 2089840 2003-01-29 07:28:16 ./sw/bin/saceserver
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
dpkg-deb: subprocess tar returned error exit status 2
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 04:27 PM, Chia Hung wrote:
Hi, Finksters,
����I have a question regarding installing a local package. I apologize for my lack of Fink command knowledge, but I would appreciate any help.
����I have downloaded a binary packaged (compiled for Mac OSX) for Fink. The instruction from their website is to perform the following command:
����"dpkg -i acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb"
When I do that, I got the following message:
> [borcim58:~/acedb/acedb.macosx] chia% sudo dpkg �i acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> (Reading database ... 30921 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking acedb (from acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy)
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error processing acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install):
> short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./sw/bin/saceserver')
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> acedb_4_9l-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
> [borcim58:~/acedb/acedb.macosx] chia%
I don�t really understand the error message so I really don�t know how to trouble shoot. There are no similar problem discussed on the AceDB discussion site.
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks!!
Chia
