title: Installing Webmin - dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area
body: <p>I was able to install webmin before the openssl update on Amazon, but I had to uninstall it. I then had the openssl update when I received the email from Amazon. Today, I am trying to install webmin again:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
  sudo dpkg -i webmin-current.deb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But then this error shows up:</p>
  
  <pre><code>dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have been able to install dpkg: </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo yum install dpkg
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>-because earlier I was having this error: sudo dpkg command not found</p>
  
  <p>I have been able to enter sudo yum update and sudo yum upgrade, but I'm still having the error while trying to install the webmin-current.deb</p>
  
  <p>I have been googling all day and I haven't found a solution to my problem yet. Please help.</p>