diff --git a/packages/dpkg/build.sh b/packages/dpkg/build.sh
index 7c81f4614..1f8a3847a 100755
--- a/packages/dpkg/build.sh
+++ b/packages/dpkg/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://packages.debian.org/dpkg
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Debian package management system"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.17.25
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.18.2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-dselect --disable-shared --disable-start-stop-daemon --disable-largefile --disable-update-alternatives --host=${TERMUX_ARCH}-linux --without-selinux dpkg_cv_c99_snprintf=yes ac_cv_lib_selinux_setexecfilecon=no HAVE_SETEXECFILECON_FALSE=#"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="lib/perl5 share/perl5 lib/dpkg/parsechangelog bin/dpkg-architecture bin/dpkg-buildflags bin/dpkg-buildpackage bin/dpkg-checkbuilddeps bin/dpkg-distaddfile bin/dpkg-genchanges bin/dpkg-gencontrol bin/dpkg-gensymbols bin/dpkg-maintscript-helper bin/dpkg-mergechangelogs bin/dpkg-name bin/dpkg-parsechangelog bin/dpkg-scanpackages bin/dpkg-scansources bin/dpkg-shlibdeps bin/dpkg-source bin/dpkg-statoverride bin/dpkg-vendor share/man/man1/dpkg-architecture.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-buildflags.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-buildpackage.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-checkbuilddeps.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-distaddfile.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-genchanges.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-gencontrol.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-gensymbols.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-mergechangelogs.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-name.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-parsechangelog.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-scanpackages.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-scansources.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-shlibdeps.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-source.1 share/man/man1/dpkg-vendor.1 share/man/man8/dpkg-statoverride.8 share/man/man3"
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a64193748..000000000
--- a/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-(1) Do not check for ldconfig in checkpath()
-(2) Handle EROFS in ensure_pathname_nonexisting().
-    This is since ensure_pathname_nonexisting() will be called with
-    	'/data.dpkg-tmp'
-	'/data/data.dpkg-tmp'
-	'/data/data/com.termux.dpkg-tmp'
-	'/data/data/com.termux/files.dpkg-tmp'
-	'/data/data/com.termux/files/usr.dpkg-tmp'
-    and the first call will get a EROFS, read-only file system error.
-
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.23/src/help.c ./src/help.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.23/src/help.c	2014-12-27 17:21:19.000000000 -0500
-+++ ./src/help.c	2015-01-01 19:08:58.868327880 -0500
-@@ -89,12 +89,14 @@
-     TAR,
-     FIND,
-     BACKEND,
-+#ifndef __ANDROID__
-     /* Mac OS X uses dyld (Mach-O) instead of ld.so (ELF), and does not have
-      * an ldconfig. */
--#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
-+# if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
-     "update_dyld_shared_cache",
--#else
-+# else
-     "ldconfig",
-+# endif
- #endif
- #if BUILD_START_STOP_DAEMON
-     "start-stop-daemon",
-@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@
-   debug(dbg_eachfile, "ensure_pathname_nonexisting '%s'", pathname);
-   if (!rmdir(pathname))
-     return; /* Deleted it OK, it was a directory. */
--  if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ELOOP) return;
-+  if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ELOOP || errno == EROFS) return;
-   if (errno == ENOTDIR) {
-     /* Either it's a file, or one of the path components is. If one
-      * of the path components is this will fail again ... */
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-atomic-file.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-atomic-file.c.patch
index 0a5db775e..79f0156f0 100644
--- a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-atomic-file.c.patch
+++ b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-atomic-file.c.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.25/lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c ./lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.25/lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c	2015-04-09 17:40:47.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c	2015-07-08 22:18:48.766580146 -0400
-@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c ./lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c	2015-07-12 22:38:47.000000000 -0400
++++ ./lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c	2015-08-25 18:06:51.689715379 -0400
+@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@
  
  	if (unlink(name_old) && errno != ENOENT)
  		ohshite(_("error removing old backup file '%s'"), name_old);
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.25/lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c ./lib/dpkg/atomic-file.c
 -		ohshite(_("error creating new backup file '%s'"), name_old);
 +	if (link(file->name, name_old) && errno != ENOENT) {
 +		/* Termux modification: Try with rename(2) for systems not supporting hardlinks. */
-+		if (rename(file->name, name_old)) {
++		if (rename(file->name, name_old))
 +			ohshite(_("error creating new backup file '%s'"), name_old);
-+		}
 +	}
  
  	free(name_old);
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dadf256f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Handle EROFS.  This is since path_remove_tree() will be called with
+       '/data.dpkg-tmp'
+       '/data/data.dpkg-tmp'
+       '/data/data/com.termux.dpkg-tmp'
+       '/data/data/com.termux/files.dpkg-tmp'
+       '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr.dpkg-tmp'
+and the first call will get a EROFS, read-only file system error.
+
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c ./lib/dpkg/path-remove.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c	2015-07-30 00:39:24.000000000 -0400
++++ ./lib/dpkg/path-remove.c	2015-08-25 18:04:31.391421421 -0400
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+ 	debug(dbg_eachfile, "%s '%s'", __func__, pathname);
+ 	if (!rmdir(pathname))
+ 		return; /* Deleted it OK, it was a directory. */
+-	if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ELOOP)
++	if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ELOOP || errno == EROFS)
+ 		return;
+ 	if (errno == ENOTDIR) {
+ 		/* Either it's a file, or one of the path components is. If
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-triglib.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-triglib.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f15702aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-triglib.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/triglib.c ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/triglib.c	2015-07-12 22:38:47.000000000 -0400
++++ ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c	2015-08-25 17:54:10.350853590 -0400
+@@ -787,10 +787,13 @@
+ 			if (errno != EEXIST)
+ 				ohshite(_("unable to create triggers state"
+ 				          " directory '%.250s'"), triggersdir);
+-		} else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
++		}
++#ifndef __ANDROID__
++		else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
+ 			ohshite(_("unable to set ownership of triggers state"
+ 			          " directory '%.250s'"), triggersdir);
+ 		}
++#endif
+ 		ur = trigdef_update_start(tduf);
+ 	}
+ 	switch (ur) {
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/archives_dont_chown.patch b/packages/dpkg/src-archives.c.patch
similarity index 51%
rename from packages/dpkg/archives_dont_chown.patch
rename to packages/dpkg/src-archives.c.patch
index cc45f03d0..9ae0f41b2 100644
--- a/packages/dpkg/archives_dont_chown.patch
+++ b/packages/dpkg/src-archives.c.patch
@@ -1,51 +1,52 @@
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.25/src/archives.c ./src/archives.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.25/src/archives.c	2015-04-09 17:40:47.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./src/archives.c	2015-07-09 20:56:04.604894782 -0400
-@@ -359,8 +359,10 @@
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/archives.c ./src/archives.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/archives.c	2015-07-13 09:53:37.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/archives.c	2015-08-25 17:59:35.594992908 -0400
+@@ -352,8 +352,10 @@
              namenode->statoverride->uid,
              namenode->statoverride->gid,
              namenode->statoverride->mode);
 +#ifndef __ANDROID__
      if (fchown(fd, st->uid, st->gid))
-       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of `%.255s'"), te->name);
+       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of '%.255s'"), te->name);
 +#endif
      if (fchmod(fd, st->mode & ~S_IFMT))
-       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of `%.255s'"), te->name);
+       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of '%.255s'"), te->name);
  
-@@ -472,11 +474,15 @@
+@@ -465,11 +467,15 @@
      return; /* Already handled using the file descriptor. */
  
    if (te->type == TAR_FILETYPE_SYMLINK) {
 +#ifndef __ANDROID__
      if (lchown(path, st->uid, st->gid))
-       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of symlink `%.255s'"), path);
+       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of symlink '%.255s'"), path);
 +#endif
    } else {
 +#ifndef __ANDROID__
      if (chown(path, st->uid, st->gid))
-       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of `%.255s'"), path);
+       ohshite(_("error setting ownership of '%.255s'"), path);
 +#endif
      if (chmod(path, st->mode & ~S_IFMT))
-       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of `%.255s'"), path);
+       ohshite(_("error setting permissions of '%.255s'"), path);
    }
-@@ -1148,14 +1154,18 @@
+@@ -1022,14 +1028,19 @@
        varbuf_end_str(&symlinkfn);
        if (symlink(symlinkfn.buf,fnametmpvb.buf))
-         ohshite(_("unable to make backup symlink for `%.255s'"), ti->name);
+         ohshite(_("unable to make backup symlink for '%.255s'"), ti->name);
 +#ifndef __ANDROID__
        if (lchown(fnametmpvb.buf,stab.st_uid,stab.st_gid))
-         ohshite(_("unable to chown backup symlink for `%.255s'"), ti->name);
+         ohshite(_("unable to chown backup symlink for '%.255s'"), ti->name);
 +#endif
        tarobject_set_se_context(fnamevb.buf, fnametmpvb.buf, stab.st_mode);
      } else {
        debug(dbg_eachfiledetail, "tarobject nondirectory, 'link' backup");
++      /* Termux modification: Try with rename(2) for systems not supporting hardlinks. */
        if (link(fnamevb.buf,fnametmpvb.buf))
--        ohshite(_("unable to make backup link of `%.255s' before installing new version"),
+-        ohshite(_("unable to make backup link of '%.255s' before installing new version"),
 -                ti->name);
-+        /* Termux modification: Try with rename(2) for systems not supporting hardlinks. */
-+        if (rename(fnamevb.buf,fnametmpvb.buf))
-+          ohshite(_("unable to make backup link of `%.255s' before installing new version"),
-+                  ti->name);
++        if (rename(fnamevb.buf,fnametmpvb.buf)) {
++          ohshite(_("unable to make backup link of '%.255s' before installing new version"),
++	          ti->name);
++	}
      }
    }
  
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/src-help.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/src-help.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48db6e51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dpkg/src-help.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/help.c ./src/help.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/help.c	2015-07-13 09:53:37.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/help.c	2015-08-25 18:09:39.779664557 -0400
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
+      * an ldconfig. */
+ #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+     "update_dyld_shared_cache",
+-#else
++#elif !defined(__ANDROID__)
+     "ldconfig",
+ #endif
+ #if BUILD_START_STOP_DAEMON
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/src-statcmd.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/src-statcmd.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e36af78e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dpkg/src-statcmd.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/statcmd.c ./src/statcmd.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.2/src/statcmd.c	2015-07-12 22:38:47.000000000 -0400
++++ ./src/statcmd.c	2015-08-25 18:07:59.388890175 -0400
+@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@
+ static void
+ statdb_node_apply(const char *filename, struct file_stat *filestat)
+ {
++#ifndef __ANDROID__
+ 	if (chown(filename, filestat->uid, filestat->gid) < 0)
+ 		ohshite(_("error setting ownership of '%.255s'"), filename);
++#endif
+ 	if (chmod(filename, filestat->mode & ~S_IFMT))
+ 		ohshite(_("error setting permissions of '%.255s'"), filename);
+ 
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/statcmd_dont_chown.patch b/packages/dpkg/statcmd_dont_chown.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a30efc339..000000000
--- a/packages/dpkg/statcmd_dont_chown.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.6/src/statcmd.c ./src/statcmd.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.6/src/statcmd.c	2013-12-14 06:46:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./src/statcmd.c	2014-02-26 08:22:05.000000000 +0100
-@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@
- static void
- statdb_node_apply(const char *filename, struct file_stat *filestat)
- {
-+#ifndef __ANDROID__
- 	if (chown(filename, filestat->uid, filestat->gid) < 0)
- 		ohshite(_("error setting ownership of `%.255s'"), filename);
-+#endif
- 	if (chmod(filename, filestat->mode))
- 		ohshite(_("error setting permissions of `%.255s'"), filename);
- }
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/strsignal.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/strsignal.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a84650ee9..000000000
--- a/packages/dpkg/strsignal.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-strsignal.c is only compiled for the tests, but fails with:
-
-strsignal.c:66:31: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'const char * const[]'
-  if (s > 0 && s < (int)(sizeof(sys_siglist) / sizeof(sys_siglist[0])))
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.11/lib/compat/strsignal.c ./lib/compat/strsignal.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.11/lib/compat/strsignal.c	2014-08-09 22:03:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./lib/compat/strsignal.c	2014-08-13 20:57:32.998986392 +0200
-@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@
- {
- 	static char buf[100];
- 
-+#ifndef __ANDROID__
- 	if (s > 0 && s < (int)(sizeof(sys_siglist) / sizeof(sys_siglist[0])))
- 		return sys_siglist[s];
--
-+#endif
- 	sprintf(buf, _("Unknown signal %d"), s);
- 
- 	return buf;
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/triglib_dont_chown_root.patch b/packages/dpkg/triglib_dont_chown_root.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 097df6e60..000000000
--- a/packages/dpkg/triglib_dont_chown_root.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/triglib.c ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c
---- ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/triglib.c	2013-12-14 06:30:58.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c	2014-02-25 18:14:43.000000000 +0100
-@@ -776,10 +776,13 @@
- 			if (errno != EEXIST)
- 				ohshite(_("unable to create triggers state"
- 				          " directory `%.250s'"), triggersdir);
--		} else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
-+		}
-+#ifndef __ANDROID__
-+		else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
- 			ohshite(_("unable to set ownership of triggers state"
- 			          " directory `%.250s'"), triggersdir);
- 		}
-+#endif
- 		ur = trigdef_update_start(tduf);
- 	}
- 	switch (ur) {