[Wylug-help] Apt without /var

[Philip Wyett]

On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:44 +0100, Dave Fisher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Anyone that's been following this list will know that I currently have a
> file server running without /home /tmp and /var filesystems.
> 
> This is a bit of an issue, since one potential solution to my RAID
> problem is to install a newer or older kernel, but apt relies on /var
> for cacheing, package lists, locking, etc.
> 
> I'm fairly sure that I could install a kernel, intrd and update grub,
> the old fashioned way (by-passing the normal debian infrastructure), but
> I'd rather not do that, if I can avoid it.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas about how I might rig up some temporary method of
> using apt (or at least dpkg) to do the job?  e.g. using wget to download
> the relevant .debs and dpkg to install.
> 
> Dave

If my brain serves you can use dpkg and specify a new --admindir which
is normally /var/lib/dpkg i.e.

dpkg --admindir=/wherever/you/wish -i whatever.deb

Regards

Phil
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