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[MU]

WARNING - this is untested

Before I go asleep, here is something to play with.

But you do it at your own risk, it might damage your system.

The idea:
A small script using Xdialog to install dotpups on other Distros like Suse or Mandrake.

I just tested it with this pup: http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2123
, that I created with my new install-maker-script (version 06): http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2081

If you run the installer, it will look like this (Linux Mandrake 9.2 with xorg 6.8.2):
http://noforum.de/pics/dotpupinstaller-alpha01.jpg

The installer rewrites "dotpup.sh" to allow to install a dotpup as normal user (not root) to ~/dotpup_apps instead to /usr/local

If someone wants to try it, here is the code:

[Lobster]

I am sure some people might be intrigued by that and find it useful Mark,

I am too cowardly to try it - where are the brave Pups?

I wonder if the reverse might be possible? A script that takes slackware packages or Debian and makes them Puppy compliant?

Perhaps with a list of libraries needed or some such? With KDE (aka Krazy Puppy in 1.0.5) we might have an easier way to approach this?

[MU]

Lobster,

last night I browsed this http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=18 hugecollection of dotpups, and found "unrpm" (unzip for RPM-packages of RedHat/Fedora/Suse/Mandrake).

So it might beworth a try to use this to extract them to a temporary folder, build a filelist (find * >filelist.txt"), and then convert it to pupget.

RPM-packages also contain information on the libraries needed, so the script could check if contitions for installation are met or not.

But i really must say, currently the dotpups contain several files I didn't even know on Mandrake, I think there already is a good Software-collection available.

I think we could need a (PHP or CGI-) script that scans the board from time to time for dotpups, and creates a file-list with short descriptions.
This List could be downloaded by a grafical installer, so that you dont't install them with mozilla, but with a "PupGet"-like interface.

Well lets see, summer is going to end here, it will be the right thing for rainy autumn-days

Ok, time to go to bed finally... *wink

Mark

[Mathiasdm]

Seeing as it's now possible to install pupget packages without being root, perhaps we can (some day) introduce non-rootness to Puppy

[MU]

Well, this just works with some dotpups, that can be put to /home/user/dotpup_apps

But many programs expect files in /usr/bin or /usr/lib, those must be installed as root.

Also on systems were you don`t work as root, you must switch to root-mode (su) to install RPM or DEB -Packges.

I prefered to test it here as non-root, because many distros do not like it, if you install "alien" files to the system-directories, this might cause the Packagemanagers to work incorrect.


The disadvatage: you can only install some dotpups, not all.
I will have to add a check, if a dotpup tries to instal to the systemfolders or not.

Mark

[puppian]

[MU]

I can try to write a Perl/CGI-Script that scans those 2 pages you mentioned.

I can not use PHP, as my Hoster has deactivated the functions to open external websites.
But CGI still works.

Then as a result you would have a "dotpup.txt" that you can download with wget, and display it with a Tcl or Basic-program or using Xdialog.

I cannot promise, when I can do it.


>Btw I think Klhrev has mentioned something similar HERE.

Hey, looks very interesting, thanks for the Link, I oversaw it.

Mark

[MU]

Hey, the wiki-page is good

Can be downloaded with a simple shellscript.

In addition with Xdialog you have a small grafical downloader/installer:

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2144



Thanks for your tip, puppian

Mark