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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Jun 9, 5:39*pm, ray wrote:
Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big picture) how to do it? "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because it's sooo easy, right?) RL |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:41:25 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:39Â*pm, ray wrote: Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big picture) how to do it? "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because it's sooo easy, right?) RL I did. |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:41:25 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:39Â*pm, ray wrote: Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big picture) how to do it? "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because it's sooo easy, right?) RL Ray seems to have a issue with helping people to learn that the Windoze way is not the only way. most linux distributions have some form of "Package Manager" these enable packages to be downloaded & installed directly from a "Repository" on the internet. if a package is not available in the repository for your distro then an installation file can usually be found in the correct format for your distro. Debian based distros use apt-get as a package manager & .deb files for instalation Red hat (& fedora) use yum as a package manager & the RPM format for packages DSL uses its own form of package management & J G Miller has already given you a link to its documentation page http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/ wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions I would suggest that before trying to create an extreme installation ( & squeezing an os into limited hardware is extreme) you might find it beneficial to learn on a more mainstream distro with more up-to date hardware first -- fortune -s linux |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Jun 10, 11:34*pm, Alister Ware wrote:
DSL uses its own form of package management & J G Miller has already given you a link to its documentation page http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/ wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions I looked at this link and could not find anything. Can you please tell me where info on how to install is for DSL? Is it here? Which command he http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/packages.html Where do you put the binary executables (assuming I download something already compiled)? I would suggest that before trying to create an extreme installation ( & squeezing an os into limited hardware is extreme) you might find it beneficial to learn on a more mainstream distro with more up-to date hardware first -- No, please help me with what I have. The pot of gold is always on the other side of the rainbow, I know. Windows is the same way (each new release is progressively better); but the sign of a good OS is if it works now, with what I got. Please help. RL |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:51:45 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:34Â*pm, Alister Ware wrote: DSL uses its own form of package management & J G Miller has already given you a link to its documentation page http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/ wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions I looked at this link and could not find anything. Not even the second paragraph section titled *Installing From A MyDSL Repository* Which part of the instructions on that page, did you not understand? QUOTE Installing From A MyDSL Repository The way to do this is through the use of the MyDSL Extension Browser. This tool is available from a desktop icon, from the desktop menu under Apps - Tools or by using the command mydslPanel.lua (or the new one: mydslBrowser.lua). Steps: Make sure you are logged in as user dsl Open the MyDSL Extension Browser Select the category[1] you want to browse Select the package you want. An Info box will appear (please read the info file[2] of each package you select) Press the Download button The extension will be automatically downloaded to the directory specified in .mydsl_dir (default is /tmp), checked for corruption, and then installed. If the package includes a desktop icon and/or menu item, those will also be added automatically. UNQUOTE And does not the attentive reader find it "odd" that RayLopez99 did not respond to my posting, but only now complains that he cannot find the details on the provided link which tells him exactly what he needs to do to install the software when somebody else points out that his plea for help has already been answered in another posting? |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:51:45 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote:
On Jun 10, 11:34Â*pm, Alister Ware wrote: DSL uses its own form of package management & J G Miller has already given you a link to its documentation page http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/ wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions I looked at this link and could not find anything. Can you please tell me where info on how to install is for DSL? Is it here? Which command he http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/packages.html Where do you put the binary executables (assuming I download something already compiled)? I don't understand why you insist on making things more complicated than they are. First choice - your package manager for whatever distro you run - it will fully install your choices. If you 'need' something not in the repository, you have several choices. Generally, you do not download a precompiled executable - but if you do, you can put it anywhere you like. In order to not have to specify it's location, put it somewhere in your PATH. Good places would be: /bin, /usr/ bin or /yourhome/bin. If you download the source, there will be instructions: often you do ./configure followed by make and finally 'make install' - which completes the install and puts the executable where you can use it. I would suggest that before trying to create an extreme installation ( & squeezing an os into limited hardware is extreme) you might find it beneficial to learn on a more mainstream distro with more up-to date hardware first -- No, please help me with what I have. The pot of gold is always on the other side of the rainbow, I know. Windows is the same way (each new release is progressively better); but the sign of a good OS is if it works now, with what I got. OK, so read the DSL documentation. Please help. RL |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Need more help pls
RayLopez99 wrote:
On Jun 9, 5:39*pm, ray wrote: Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big picture) how to do it? www.google.com/linux is your friend "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because it's sooo easy, right?) RL |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Need more help pls
ray wrote:
[putolin] If you 'need' something not in the repository, you have several choices. Generally, you do not download a precompiled executable - but if you do, you can put it anywhere you like. In order to not have to specify it's location, put it somewhere in your PATH. Good places would be: /bin, /usr/ bin Yes that would be a great place for a precompiled trojan. |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Jun 11, 12:30*am, J G Miller wrote:
And does not the attentive reader find it "odd" that RayLopez99 did not respond to my posting, but only now complains that he cannot find the details on the provided link which tells him exactly what he needs to do to install the software when somebody else points out that his plea for help has already been answered in another posting? Shutup. This is the fabled "Linux community"? A bunch of whiners, not winners. The confusion was because of YOUR truncated link. The correct link is: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/i...DSL_Extensions Please make a note of it. And thanks for your meager help. I'll find something else to ask about later, assuming, as is always likely with hobbyware, I cannot figure out how to install something. Already I'm unclear about what a 'repository' of installations is, but I surmise it must be recommended software that fits with the D.S.L. system requirements or some such. Proving that you cannot, like in Windows, install any third-party software in your Linux system. It has to be from an "approved" list. But I'll cross that bridge when I complain about it. RL |
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Got it working! First post from inside Damn Small Linux! Needmore help pls
On Jun 11, 12:30*am, ray wrote:
I don't understand why you insist on making things more complicated than they are. First choice - your package manager for whatever distro you run - it will fully install your choices. OK, got that. Saw the link--I was on the wrong link (wrong page) before. If you 'need' something not in the repository, you have several choices. Aha! This is confusing. I'm not logged in yet, but it would help if you could please explain what it means "not in the repository". Is there a recommended list of programs "in the repository" that you should first check out before installing some third party software in Damn Small Linux? I have no problems with that, BTW. It limits your choices but it also is safer since you know the "repository" programs will work with your distro. RL |
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