> PS still cant find coreutils or stat, though its not a problem now. > > debian:/home/web# dpkg -i coreutils > dpkg: error processing coreutils (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > coreutils > debian:/home/web# dpkg -i stat > dpkg: error processing stat (--install): > cannot access archive: No such file or directory > Errors were encountered while processing: > stat > debian:/home/web#
Could it be that you want to do: # apt-get install stat As far as I know, dpkg is only used to install packages, which are already downloaded (from ``dpkg --help'': ``dpkg -i|--install <.deb file name>''). Does it show up on apt-cache[1]? Cheers, Johannes [1]: # apt-cache search ^stat ... stat - wrapper for stat() and statfs calls ... # apt-cache show stat Package: stat Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 80 Maintainer: Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 3.3-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) Filename: pool/main/s/stat/stat_3.3-2_i386.deb Size: 11916 MD5sum: d576a105c03861f57e9c8b82a9b3dfd5 Description: wrapper for stat() and statfs calls Display all information about a file that the stat() call provides and all information about a filesystem that statfs() provides. # -- "More than machinery we need humanity" -- Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
