dpkg: error: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory

[sseen]

when I installed the dpkg using brew, and type the command
"sudo dpkg -i **.deb ",
the terminal show me this message
"dpkg: error: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory"

this is the installing process

➜ Downloads brew install dpkg
Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available
Update them from Software Update in the App Store.
==> Downloading http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.6.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/dpkg-1.17.6.tar.xz
==> Patching
patching file configure
Hunk #1 succeeded at 8812 (offset 424 lines).
patching file lib/dpkg/dpkg.h
patching file scripts/Makefile.am
Hunk #1 succeeded at 118 (offset 1 line).
patching file scripts/Makefile.in
Hunk #1 succeeded at 487 (offset 1 line).
patching file scripts/Dpkg/Checksums.pm
Hunk #1 succeeded at 51 (offset 1 line).
patching file scripts/Dpkg/Source/Archive.pm
Hunk #1 succeeded at 48 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 125 (offset 2 lines).
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/dpkg/1.17.6 --disable-dselect --disable-linker-optimisations --disable-start-stop-daemon --disable-update-alternatives
==> make
==> make install
==> Caveats
This installation of dpkg is not configured to install software, so
commands such as dpkg -i, dpkg --configure will fail.
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/dpkg/1.17.6: 214 files, 4.6M, built in 27 seconds

[jacknagel]

Read the caveats:

==> Caveats
This installation of dpkg is not configured to install software, so
commands such as dpkg -i, dpkg --configure will fail.

[sseen]

how to configured, thank you

[mistydemeo]

dpkg is provided in Homebrew so that you can build packages; you can't install software with it.