Apt-get :: Apt-get

I have succesfuly install Damn Small on my hd, now i try to use apt-get to update prog, but i have error :

Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open

How could resolv that ?

1. Open an xterminal
2. sudo su
3. cd /var/lib/
4. mkdir dpkg
5. cd dpkg
6. in dpkg you need to create an empty file named status.
I know there is a quick way to do it, but I'm pretty new to linux so i just opened nedit and saved an empty file called status.
7. apt-get update!!!!!

Oddly enough I just installed DSL for the first time this afternoon, and only got online this evening to do an apt-get. This appears to have worked for me. I dont know why it isnt set up automatically

Actually this doesnt completly solve the problem. Im still trying to figure out what is going wrong. It looks like dpkg was configured correctly. I'm thinking I need to troll through the forum a bit more before I post.

ok I needed to do a bit more RTFM'ing. It appears in order to get apt-get to work correctly you should download the dpkg.tar.gz at the bottom of the downloads page on the main site. My connection is painfully slow so I wont be able to tell you if it works until a bit later.

original here.