I have downloaded a Debian package: libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb under Windows (My computer hosts both Linux/Debian2.2 and Windows and is equipped by a WinModem not supported by Linux). When I try to install the package by dpkg -install, it fails and I get the following messages:
dpkg-deb: file looks like it might be an archive which has been dpkg-deb: corrupted by being downloaded in ASCII mode dpkg-deb: `/home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb' is not a debian format archive dpkg: error processing /home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb (--install): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /home/yves/APPLICATIONS/Packages/libforms0_89_0_89-6.deb It the first time I see this problem of "ASCII mode". I used to download and install this way RPMs and Suse packages without any problem. Do you know a way to fix this problem? Nota: I need this libforms library to compile the last version of LyX. ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES
