root@Knoppix:~# dpkg -i perl-base_5.8.8-7etch6_i386.deb (Reading database ... 110893 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-base 5.8.8-7etch6 (using perl-base_5.8.8-7etch6_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... Setting up perl-base (5.8.8-7etch6) ... root@Knoppix:~# dpkg -i --force-depends perl-modules_5.8.8-7etch6_all.deb (Reading database ... 110893 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.8.8-7etch6 (using perl-modules_5.8.8-7etch6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-modules ... dpkg: perl-modules: warning - conffile `etc/Net' is not a plain file or symlink (= `/etc/Net') Setting up perl-modules (5.8.8-7etch6) ... dpkg: perl-modules: warning - conffile `/etc/Net' is not a plain file or symlink (= `/etc/Net') root@Knoppix:~# dpkg -i perl_5.8.8-7etch6_i386.deb (Reading database ... 110893 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl 5.8.8-7etch6 (using perl_5.8.8-7etch6_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... Setting up perl (5.8.8-7etch6) ... root@Knoppix:~# dpkg -i libcompress-zlib-perl_1.42-2_i386.deb (Reading database ... 110893 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libcompress-zlib-perl 2.012-1 (using libcompress-zlib-perl_1.42-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libcompress-zlib-perl ... Setting up libcompress-zlib-perl (1.42-2) ... root@Knoppix:~# dpkg -i libarchive-zip-perl_1.16-1_all.deb (Reading database ... 110894 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libarchive-zip-perl 1.18-1 (using libarchive-zip-perl_1.16-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libarchive-zip-perl ... Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.16-1) ... then I got what I needed (namely Zip.pm): root@Knoppix:/media/hdb2/inst/sw/OO/source/ooxpkgs# find / -name Zip.pm /ramdisk/usr/share/perl5/IO/Compress/Zip.pm /ramdisk/usr/share/perl5/Archive/Zip.pm find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /UNIONFS/usr/share/doc: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find 's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched. /UNIONFS/usr/share/perl5/IO/Compress/Zip.pm /UNIONFS/usr/share/perl5/Archive/Zip.pm