On Feb 26, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Joel Daynes wrote:
All- I recently installed Fink on Panther, and every time I try to do
sudo apt-get update
I get:
Err file: local/main Packages
File not found
Ign file: local/main Release
Err file: stable/main Packages
File not found
Ign file: stable/main Release
Err file: stable/crypto Packages
File not found
Ign file: stable/crypto Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/crypto Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/main Release
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/current/crypto Release
Failed to fetch
file:/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not
found
Failed to fetch
file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not
found
Failed to fetch
file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages File not
found
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
If I try sudo apt-get install <packageName>
I get:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
glib-shlibs gtk+-data gtk+-shlibs libpcap-shlibs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ethereal glib-shlibs gtk+-data gtk+-shlibs libpcap-shlibs
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/11.8MB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a
multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libpcap-shlibs_0.6.2-6_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a
multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/glib-shlibs_1.2.10-18_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a
multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/gtk+-data_1.2.10-20_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a
multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/gtk+-shlibs_1.2.10-20_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a
multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ethereal_0.9.14-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libpcap-shlibs_0.6.2-6_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/glib-shlibs_1.2.10-18_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/gtk+-data_1.2.10-20_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/gtk+-shlibs_1.2.10-20_darwin-powerpc.deb
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ethereal_0.9.14-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
It seems that every package I try to install errors out in a similar fashion. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks- Joel
Start with http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#packages-gz
Please reply back if this solves the problem--there have been a number of people reporting dpkg-split errors.
-- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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