Help with install please

~slice · 2008-01-31 01:51:49

hi I am trying to install dpkg using yaourt. I have all of my dependancies taken care of but I am still getting an error.

==> Building and installing package
==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause
    permanent, catastrophic damage to your system. If you
    wish to run as root, please use the --asroot option.
Error: Makepkg was unable to build dpkg package.

I have sudo installed and I added the lines it said on the makepkg wiki page but no love. Any ideas as to what I am missing. Thanks.

byte · 2008-01-31 02:55:19

First make sure you have at least the basic tools for compiling stuff and building pkgs: pacman -S base-devel
Then run yaourt -S dpkg (not as root user).

~slice · 2008-01-31 15:20:36

Thanks that worked for the dpkg install. But now I am trying to install a deb package using dpkg and I am getting this error.

dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory

aRcHaTe · 2008-01-31 20:32:13

~slice wrote:

Thanks that worked for the dpkg install. But now I am trying to install a deb package using dpkg and I am getting this error.
dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory

why in the hell u would do that?? arch isnt debian based..

crouse · 2008-01-31 21:48:35

sickhate wrote:

why in the hell u would do that?? arch isnt debian based..

From the AUR page on dpkg ....

Comment by: Neverth on 20060731 [07:23:31]
With this we can port debian packages. \'man dpkg-deb\' (dpkg-deb -x $deb.deb $startdir/pkg).

dpkg -X | --vextract filename directory
                  Extract and display the filenames contained by a
                  package.

Personally never tried it.....but assume it would be similar to rpmextract.

~slice · 2008-02-01 09:06:01

Need it to install printer drivers. That only come in deb and rpm format. So any help?

haukew · 2008-06-01 15:56:41

I have a similar problem (SANE-drivers that only come as a deb-package) - can i install them via dpkg?

Stefan Husmann · 2008-06-01 16:53:07

No, this is not supposed to work. dpkg can be used if you want to make a package for a debian-based distribution.

finferflu · 2008-06-01 17:21:38

Are you sure they don't have the sources available? If it's under the GPL license they must provide the sources as well.

~slice · 2008-06-02 08:00:46

haukew wrote:

I have a similar problem (SANE-drivers that only come as a deb-package) - can i install them via dpkg?

I have not had any luck and have given up for the time being. Let me know if you get something to work.

finferflu wrote:

Are you sure they don't have the sources available? If it's under the GPL license they must provide the sources as well.

All they have on there web page is deb and rpm files check it out.

byte · 2008-06-02 08:09:41

Use rpmextract.

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