I'm working in OS 10.3.7. dpkg and apt are not healthy". I'm not sure how to reparit this problem as these packages are used to install packages. Of course the 7.1 installer doesn't let me install because fink already exists. Guidance from an expert would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Joe

[G4:/sw/bin] joe% sudo fink install apt
Password:
Information about 4216 packages read in 9 seconds.
The package 'apt' will be built and installed.
The package 'apt-shlibs' will be built and installed.
The package 'dpkg' will be built and installed.
The package 'ncurses' will be installed.
The following package will be installed or updated:
apt
The following 3 additional packages will be installed:
apt-shlibs dpkg ncurses
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/ncurses_5.4-20041023-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
Can't exec "dpkg": No such file or directory at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 408, <STDIN> line 1.
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code -1
Failed: can't install package ncurses-5.4-20041023-1
[G4:/sw/bin] joe% sudo fink install dpkg
Information about 4216 packages read in 6 seconds.
The package 'dpkg' will be built and installed.
The package 'ncurses' will be installed.
The following package will be installed or updated:
dpkg
The following additional package will be installed:
ncurses
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/ncurses_5.4-20041023-1_darwin-powerpc.deb
Can't exec "dpkg": No such file or directory at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 408, <STDIN> line 1.
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code -1
Failed: can't install package ncurses-5.4-20041023-1



I tried to do a selfupdate, but that fails as well:

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/bin/rm -f /sw/src/root-fink-0.23.5-1/sw/info/dir /sw/src/root-fink-0.23.5-1/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/root-fink-0.23.5-1/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/root-fink-0.23.5-1/sw/share/info/dir.old
Writing control file...
Finding prebound objects...
Writing dependencies...
Writing package script postinst...
dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.23.5-1 /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base
Can't exec "dpkg-deb": No such file or directory at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 408.
### execution of dpkg-deb failed, exit code -1
Failed: can't create package fink_0.23.5-1_darwin-powerpc.deb



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