I'm unfamiliar with dpkg but you could try to create a blank file with :
mkdir /var/lib/dpkg -p && touch /var/lib/dpkg/status

It depend on the file contents, though; in which case you will need to copy it from another machine that has a working dpkg installation, or find example on the internet.

Have you tried converting the DEB packages to TazPkg format?
tazpkg convert *.deb


HIH.

hi seawolf,
thanks. 'tazpkg convert *.deb' worked but the consequent installation of the corresponding .tazpkg failed (the ones that i've tried) because of missing required files. thanks for looking into this.

Hi,

I have the same issue here, "dpkg: can't open '/var/lib/dpkg/status': No such file or directory". I've tried several workarounds and none worked. Is the Slitaz dpkg support working correctly? Have someone had success installing a .deb package?

BC

Sorry about the duplicate post. By the way, how do I delete a post?

BC

would someone know if tazpkg in slitaz 2.0 can be updated to include the "convert" option? i see this as an option in slitaz 3.0 but it doesn't appear in 2.0.

Download tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg from slitaz-3.0 repository.
Extract the contents

tazpkg extract tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg

Go into the extracted folder tazpkg-3.4/fs/usr/bin to find tazpkg
Give tazpkg a new name like tazpkg.convert
Move it into /usr/bin or another location in

echo $PATH

Call it up with it's new name from terminal when you want to convert.

root@slitaz: tazpkg.convert convert package name

hi mojo,
i tried this but 'tazpkg.convert' was looking for the file /etc/slitaz/tazpkg.conf. apparently, 'tazpkg extract tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg' doesn't create this file in /etc/slitaz.
i then tried directly installing tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg in slitaz 2.0 and it installed this time (if my memory serves me right, this didn't use to install as it is a slitaz 3.0 package; maybe this is an updated version---i didn't take careful note of the version that i previously tried to install). also, tazpkg.conf was also created in /etc/slitaz/tazpkg.conf after installing tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg. i eventually had two ways of calling 'tazpkg convert', either as itself or as 'tazpkg.convert'.
it's probably better to install tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg as it is now installable in slitaz 2.0 (i'm not sure if this became installable after i extracted tazpkg-3.4.tazpkg and followed the steps you indicated).
much thanks for your expertise!

I rescued some user contributions from the old forum that included a deb convert script to make a *.sh shell file with permissions set to execute.

http://forum.slitaz.org/index.php/discussion/42/convert-deb-rpm-how-to/

@justineuro
Somewhere during the process my directions failed you.
I'm glad you straightened yourself out ;)
mojo

hi mojo and slicel,
it was a blessing in disguise as i unintentionally discovered that that tazpkg-3.4 is installable in slitaz 2.0. thanks for the additional info.