title: dpkg: error: failed to open package info file '/usr/local/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading
body: <p>I followed <a href="http://macappstore.org/dpkg/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this link</a> to install dpkg tool on my Macbook.</p>
  
  <p>After that, I try to execte command </p>
  
  <pre><code> sudo dpkg -i sometool.deb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get error :</p>
  
  <pre><code>dpkg: error: failed to open package info file '/usr/local/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why? How to get rid of this error?</p>