title: How do I update DPKG itself on Debian?
body: <p>I have a very old version of it and it refuses to install new .deb files </p>
  
  <p>This is the original problem:</p>
  
  <p>Trying to install Google's mod_pagespeed for Apache. </p>
  
  <p>Result:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>dpkg: regarding
    mod-pagespeed-beta_current_i386.deb<br>
    containing mod-pagespeed-beta,
    pre-dependency problem:
    mod-pagespeed-beta pre-depends on dpkg
    (>= 1.14.0) dpkg is installed, but is
    version 1.13.26.</p>
  </blockquote>