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



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