Fink binary package install problem

[pub3abn]

I am using Fink Commander to install packages. Whenever I try to install binary packages, it will download the packages, but then I get an error for each package as follows:

dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/libpng-shlibs_1.0.12-6_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2

Installing from source does not causes errors, and works perfectly ... but of course it takes longer and I would like to be able to install binaries.

Anyone know what might be the cause?

 

[spb]

Hello,

I'm having a similar problem trying to install wget with apt-get (see below). Does anyone know of a solution to this?

This system is:
pernod:~ scott$ uname -a
Darwin pernod 8.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.0: Fri May 26 15:20:53 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.6.76.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

Thanks,
Scott

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pernod:~ scott$ sudo /sw/bin/apt-get install wget
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
wget
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/346kB of archives. After unpacking 1249kB will be used.
dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec dpkg-split to see if it's part of a multiparter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/wget_1.8.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):
subprocess dpkg-split returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/var/cache/apt/archives/wget_1.8.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
pernod:~ scott$