What does: dpkg --get-selections
say?
Have you tried: apt-get update
apt-get -f install
If you do dselect, in the 'select' part, are there any packages marked for
installation (by a *)?
Ron
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Debian 2.1 on a 486/50/8M/800M machine. The first
> troubles concerning the cdrom drive (an old sony cdu33a, thanks Bruce, but I
> also found it in the CDROM howto (sorry for not cecking first ;o))) are
> solved, but the installation still doesn't go too well. I get a lot of
> Kernel panics/Oopses (whatever they are) and sometimes the systems just
> hangs. I think that is related to bad RAM.
>
> But, the problem i get now, is that 'dpkg' cannot install DEBs. When I try
> the following:
>
> dpkg -iB [pkgname]
>
> I get an error like:
>
> .... Warning: files list file missing, assuming 0 files or directories
> currently installed.
> Unpacking [pkgname] ...
> dpkg: Error processing [pkgname] unable to create files list file for pkg
> [name]: No such file or directory...
>
> It seems like it needs some kind of list file where it stores pkg
> information. I guess it should be created during updating or installing.
> Extracting the pkg goes well, but then no pkg info is written.
>
> Help me plz
> TIA
> Bart
>
>
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