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error cp: cannot overwrite directory '/usr/bin/dpkg' with non-directory

Hitesh Kumar

1/19/24, 8:27 AM

Go to this url http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/ and you will see a list of dpkg packages. You need to find the dpkg version you need than open new terminal.

Anywhere your machine I select Desktop.

mkdir dpkg 
cd dpkg

Run:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/

(Add the version of dpkg you need after the last /)

For example I needed dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.2_amd64.deb but this does not exist any more so I chose the closest one which is

dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.8_amd64.deb

So:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.8_amd64.deb

Run

ar x dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.8_amd64.deb

Now you can see the contents:

~/dpkg $ ls
control.tar.gz  data.tar.gz  debian-binary  dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.8_amd64.deb

Run

~/dpkg $ tar xfvz data.tar.gz ./usr/bin/dpkg
./usr/bin/dpkg
~/dpkg $ ls
control.tar.gz  data.tar.gz  debian-binary  dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.8_amd64.deb  usr
~/dpkg $ cd usr/bin/
~/dpkg/usr/bin $ ls
dpkg

~/dpkg/usr/bin $ sudo cp dpkg /usr/bin/

Hi after performing all the above steps it is giving me an error cp: cannot overwrite directory '/usr/bin/dpkg' with non-directory

Got this error after last step What can be this error?

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dpkg

Artur Meinild

1/19/24, 8:33 AM

Why are you messing with `dpkg`? You are aware that this is a vital part of the system?

Artur Meinild

1/19/24, 8:35 AM

I think you somehow messed up by creating the dir `/usr/bin/dpkg` instead of `./usr/bin/dpkg`. I find that guide very confusing, and I don't see the point of it...

BeastOfCaerbannog

1/19/24, 8:37 AM

Also where are these steps from? Can you provide a link to the source?

Hitesh Kumar

1/19/24, 8:38 AM

By mistake i removed dpkg, that is the reason i am doing this.

Artur Meinild

1/19/24, 8:43 AM

Ok. Please state the version of Ubuntu you're running. Then find the matching version of dpkg.

guiverc

1/19/24, 9:38 AM

Refer https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic where you'll notice only supported releases of Ubuntu and flavors are on-topic for this site. *Your `dpkg` package isn't for a supported release of Ubuntu*

guiverc

1/19/24, 9:39 AM

[Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has reached the end of it's *standard* support life](https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2021/03/13/extended-security-maintenance-for-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-xerus-begins-april-30-2021/) thus is now off-topic here unless your question is specific to helping you move to a supported release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.04 ESM support is available, but not on-topic here, see https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic See also https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-transitions-to-extended-security-maintenance-esm

Hitesh Kumar

1/20/24, 5:54 AM

@ArturMeinild I am using 22.04LTS version of Ubuntu

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