Problem installing new kernel with dpkg

[Aptana]

I have built and compiled the kernel based on instructions from the web, and now have a .deb file that's apparently ready for installing. When I type this command:


dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.24.6_custom.1.0_i386.deb

I get this:

root@ks23741:~/linux-source-2.6.24# dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.24.6_custom.1.0_i386.deb
couldn't open log `/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied
dpkg-deb: failed to create directory: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing ../linux-image-2.6.24.6_custom.1.0_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
../linux-image-2.6.24.6_custom.1.0_i386.deb

I have tried Google'ing (this most of the time fixes my problems related to errors :P) but have found nothing suitable :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. :)

[abansb]

did you try


sudo dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.24.6_custom.1.0_i386.debNot for sure if this will work but it looks like you need root privilege from the permission denied

If I am wrong I am a newbie to ubuntu :)

[oldos2er]

S/he's already at a root prompt, as shown by the #.

[abansb]

did not see that sorry

[oldos2er]

No need to be sorry! None of us were born knowing these things.

[Aptana]

Yeah, I used fakeroot to gain root privileges just for this task. :)

Problems still around though. :(