Re: dpkg database repair

2002-04-06 Thread Joey Hess
Terry Hancock wrote: > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2 No such file or > directory) > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Yeah, you really need a /var/lib/dpkg/status for dpkg to work. You should check for a /va

Re: dpkg database repair

2002-04-06 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 08:09:32AM -0800, Terry Hancock wrote: > > Hi, > > Apt-get and dpkg work so well I hardly ever have to > think about how they work. Unfortunately, this means > I'm pretty clueless when something does go wrong. > > I have two computers which apparently have damaged > dpkg

dpkg database repair

2002-04-05 Thread Terry Hancock
Hi, Apt-get and dpkg work so well I hardly ever have to think about how they work. Unfortunately, this means I'm pretty clueless when something does go wrong. I have two computers which apparently have damaged dpkg systems -- the status or package databases seem to be corrupted or destroyed. Fo