On 10-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > I installed iglooftp: > > lilypad:/home/pollywog/src# dpkg -i iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb > (Reading database ... 46648 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace iglooftp 0.3.3-1 (using iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement iglooftp ... > Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background) > Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock) > Setting up iglooftp (0.3.3-1) ... > > But dpkg says iglooftp is not installed: > lilypad:/home/pollywog/src# dpkg -L iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb > Package `iglooftp_0.3.3-1.deb' is not installed. >
dpkg -L works on package names, not deb files. foo [~]$ dpkg -L dpkg /. /etc /etc/dpkg /etc/alternatives /usr /usr/doc /usr/doc/dpkg /usr/doc/dpkg/copyright /usr/doc/dpkg/changelog.gz /usr/share /usr/share/locale /usr/share/locale/en /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo /usr/share/locale/fr /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo /usr/share/emacs /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-changelog-mode.el /usr/include /usr/include/dpkg /usr/include/dpkg/dpkg.h /usr/include/dpkg/dpkg-db.h /usr/include/dpkg/tarfn.h /usr/lib /usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0 /usr/lib/libdpkg.so /usr/lib/libdpkg.la /usr/lib/libdpkg.a /usr/lib/dpkg /usr/lib/dpkg/mksplit /usr/lib/dpkg/methods /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/update /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/install /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/names /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.harddisk /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.mounted /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.cdrom /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.nfs /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/setup /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/update /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/install /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/names /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy/desc.floppy /usr/bin /usr/bin/dpkg /usr/bin/dpkg-deb /usr/bin/dpkg-split /usr/bin/md5sum /usr/bin/dselect /usr/man /usr/man/man8 /usr/man/man8/update-rc.d.8.gz /usr/man/man8/start-stop-daemon.8.gz /usr/man/man8/update-alternatives.8.gz /usr/man/man8/install-info.8.gz /usr/man/man8/dselect.8.gz /usr/man/man8/dpkg.8.gz /usr/man/man8/dpkg-split.8.gz /usr/man/man1 /usr/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz /usr/man/man1/dpkg-deb.1.gz /usr/man/man1/dpkg-divert.1.gz /usr/sbin /usr/sbin/update-rc.d /usr/sbin/update-alternatives /usr/sbin/install-info /usr/sbin/dpkg-divert /usr/sbin/cleanup-info /sbin /sbin/start-stop-daemon /var /var/lib /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg/info /var/lib/dpkg/updates /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives /var/lib/dpkg/methods /var/lib/dpkg/methods/disk /var/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt
