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Debian packages cpio failes to be updated

If you have some troubles upgrading cpio, it returns this error:

Preparing to replace cpio 2.6-18 (using …/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_i386.deb) …
Unpacking replacement cpio …
Replaced by files in installed package tar …
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_i386.deb (–u npack):
unable to create `./usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/cpio.mo’: No such file or d irectory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Try to run this commands:

mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES
mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES

And then the update should be working just fine

Installere 2 ens Debian maskiner op.

Det kan være praktisk at nå man skal installere 2 ens maskiner op, bare at finde frem til hvilket pakker der er installeret på den ene, og så overfører dem til den anden, dette gøres nemt med dpkg og dselect.
Først skal vi på maskine1 havde hentede de pakker ud som er installeret på den.

dpkg --get-selections > installedpackages

Så skal vi have overført filen fra maskine1 til maskine2, dette gøres lettes via SCP.

scp installedpackages root@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/root

hvor XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX selvfølgeligt er IP adressen på maskine2.

Herefter gå vi på maskine 2 og henter denne selection.

cd /root
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections < installedpackages

Herefter kører vi dselect.

dselect install

Problems with apt-get in Debian (NO_PUBKEY A70DAF536070D3A1)

I got this error:

W: GPG error: http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A70DAF536070D3A1
W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.port80.se testing Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A70DAF536070D3A1
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

This can be resolve but typing:
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys A70DAF536070D3A1
gpg --armor --export A70DAF536070D3A1 | apt-key add -

Debian and build a package from source

I want to build pure-ftpd from source becurs my debian server dosent support capabilities.
So first i download the package:
host:/usr/local/src/# cd /usr/local/src
host:/usr/local/src/# apt-get -b source packagename

Then i change the debian/rules files in the package, so that pure-ftpd not support capabilities. (–without-capabilities)

host:/usr/local/src/# cd pure-ftpd-1.0.21/debian

host:/usr/local/src/#nano rules

Then i compile pure-ftpd.

host:/usr/local/src/# cd ..

host:/usr/local/src/# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b

Then I install the pure-ftpd-common and pure-ftpd-mysql

host:/usr/local/src/# cd ..

host:/usr/local/src/# dpkg -i pure-ftpd-common_1.0.21-11.1_all.deb

host:/usr/local/src/# dpkg -i pure-ftpd-mysql_1.0.21-11.1_i386.deb