I tried installing Gerix Wifi Cracker. Everything is going great until the last step where I'm supposed to install it by typing:

sudo dpkg -i deb.deb

I then get the following error message:

dpkg: error processing archive deb.deb (--install): unable to open file '/var/lib/dpkg/ Is a directory

I've only been using linux for about a week and would appreciate any kind of help!

Edit: I followed the guide that was on here How to install Gerix-Wifi-Cracker?

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2 Answers

1. Open a terminal

2. Download your deb again. eg:

   cd
   wget 

3. Download the package

   sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev

4. Create a temporary folder

   mkdir ~/deb$$

5. Make a copy of the deb file

   cp gerix-wifi-cracker-ng-2.0-bt7.deb ~/deb$$

6. And use this commands:

   cd ~/deb$$
   dpkg-deb -x gerix-wifi-cracker-ng-2.0-bt7.deb deb
   cd deb
   dpkg-deb -e ../gerix-wifi-cracker-ng-2.0-bt7.deb

7. Create the file

   nano ../svn.sh

8. Add this code

   #!/bin/bash
   # SVN Emergency Fix
   function rdirls() { for i in $1/* do if [ -d "$i" ] then echo $i rm -rf $i/.svn rdirls $i else echo "NOT " > /dev/null 2>&1 fi done
   }
   if [ -d "$1" ]
   then echo $1 rm -rf ./.svn
   rdirls $1
   fi

9. Save and close

10. Use this commands

    chmod a+x ../svn.sh
    ../svn.sh .
    cd ..
    sudo dpkg-deb -b deb
    sudo dpkg -i deb.deb

_Source

To install software you need to use:

cd directory
sudo dpkg -i package_name.deb

Make sure you are in the proper directory as well

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