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Old 08-30-2014
Dpkg Syntax Issue . . .
Greetings!

I'm trying to get dpkg to just completely extract a multi-part *.deb archive set into a single folder called "output". Simple?

Hmmmm....
Code:
dpkg --noforce --unpack *.deb /output/

Console after ops:
Quote:
dpkg: error: unknown option --noforce
However, "--noforce" is taken directly from the helpfile Options listing as furnished in --help for the applet...

Smilie

Which brings up a more general question: What, in any event, might be the best commandline to manage this operation? Am I even in the right ballpark here?


Thanks a bunch!
# 2  
Old 08-30-2014
From my dpkg --help:
Quote:
--no-force-...|--refuse-...
Stop when problems encountered.
# 3  
Old 08-30-2014
Hello RudiC!

Quote:
Stop when problems encountered.
I did. That's why I came over here for a bit of help Smilie

Any ideas as to why this seems to not tick over as it looks like it should?

Thanks --
# 4  
Old 08-31-2014
Look at the syntax...
# 5  
Old 08-31-2014
Edit:

Didn't understand the reference Smilie
Last edited by LinQ; 09-01-2014 at 11:12 AM.. Reason: Brevity . . .
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Old 08-31-2014
I just pointed out that the error msg that you encountered may be due to using --noforce while dpkg --help says it wants --no-force.
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LinQ
# 7  
Old 08-31-2014
Thank you for pointing out my error!

Sometimes one just can't see the forest for the trees Smilie

I'll try things in a bit and get back to the thread with how it works out...

---------- Post updated at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:34 PM ----------

Back again.

Here's the result:
Quote:
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `--unpack'
Is "--no-force" even necessary to get things done here???
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