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Subject:    [BusyBox] dpkg can install but not remove
From:       "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday () mindspring ! com>
Date:       2004-04-27 14:31:01
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0404271022010.12008 () localhost ! localdomain
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i'm still wrestling with dpkg in terms of

1) installing a .deb file, and
2) removing that file afterwards

  first, i'm assuming that i have the right to take an existing system and
add a dpkg structure *on* *top* of that to start using dpkg to look after
add-ons, right?

  in order to start installing .deb files, i found from testing that i 
need to create the following initial structure:

  # mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/
  # touch /var/lib/dpkg/status
  # mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/info/

once i do the above, i can successfully install a package:

  # dpkg -i tds_1_ppc-Linux.deb

one of the results is the creation of the file 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tds.list, so that part seems to be fine.

  however, when i try to delete that package, i get:

# dpkg -P tds
dpkg: Package tds is uninstalled or unknown

  have i created all of the necessary infrastructure?  the install seems 
to work, but the removal is yet to work.

rday




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