On Feb 26, 2004, at 2:41 PM, Joel Daynes wrote:
<AKH> What do you get if you runIt appears that sudo apt-get update now works without errors, but sudo apt-get install <packagename> gives me the dpkg-split errors.
printenv PATH
in a terminal window?
<snip>Thanks- Joel
<snip>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
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
-- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
-- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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