you don't need the available file. The status of your system is in status. >Just remove the available file, and fire up dselect. > >Phil. > > Hi Phil, thanx for the tip. But I recieved the following error(s) When I did as you suggested. I really need a solution as at the present time I can't add any *.deb's to my system Any and All help is "very" welcome
Dragon# dselect Getting Packages files...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /debian... Getting Packages file from stable/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from unstable/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from non-free/binary-i386... Getting Packages file from contrib/binary-i386... It is a good idea to clear the available list of old packages. However if you have only downloaded a Package files from non-main distributions you might not want to do this. Do you want to clear available list [y]: Updating available packages info, using Packages.stable. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.unstable. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.non-free. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory Updating available packages info, using Packages.contrib. dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory error at /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/ftp/update line 142, <STDIN> chunk 1. Dpkg merge available failed on Packages.stableDpkg merge available failed on Pac kages.unstableDpkg merge available failed on Packages.non-freeDpkg merge availab le failed on Packages.contribdpkg --forget-old-unavail failed update available list script returned error exit status 9. Press RETURN to continue. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
