Incorrect dpkg command line format for some versions of Linux

[xuancong84]

On some versions of Linux (such as MX Linux), the dpkg command is buggy when having -i and -P in one go.

I get the following error:
dpkg: error: cannot access archive '-P': No such file or directory

So I separated the joint command dpkg -i install1 install2 ... -P remove1 remove2 ... into 2 commands:

dpkg -P remove1 remove2 ...
dpkg -i install1 install2 ...

After that, it works out of charm, thanks!

[lufte]

Interesting. Does it work if you put -P before -i.

This may make sense though. The documentation status that the usage is Usage: dpkg [<option>...] <command>, meaning, only one command. Maybe I'll incorporate your change into the codebase.