Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

enhu · Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 299

just when you run ./configure then make, how do you know it has dependencies?

becuase i got stuck upon executing make leaving me with > prompt

tonicooperi · Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 11

Hello, i would to know how to use the devx_421.sfs, i'm using puppy 5.1.1 and i would like to build some pet just for my fun. How can i use the devx_421.sfs? i've got puppy on a USB stick (4gb)
Thanks in advance

EDIT: i've found the devx for the 511 but still don't know how to use it on my usb stick without making some troubles with my clean install of the normal puppy

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2691 Location: Earth

SimpleWater · Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 95

I think it is a good idea to accompany this tutorial with this one: http://puppylinux.com/development/createpet.htm

The tutorial is decent enough, but the website mentioned, provides more details and mentions how to put a pet directory back into a pet.

also the code below is useless. If you get "no such file or directory" there probably is a directory called "man" somewhere. But no it does not shrink the pet any further

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3845

Re: no such file - with those commands you would need to be in the base directory of the pet... still some still won't have it.

Although gzipping the man pages may not shrink the pet, it is still useful for those with limited resources that need to do a full install. ... if RAM and CPU are limited enough to require a full install, chances are that the disk space is limited too. For others, the effect should be completely unnoticable.

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

aesa1983 · Joined: 16 Sep 2011 Posts: 1

how do i go about installing it? by the way i am a complete noob to fd64 and for that matter to puppy Linux i have no idea what i am doing but i do get the basics of Linux from other distributions just a bit confusing third day on the job and i already need to compile a new desktop
please help i want to compile kde 4.7.1
running fd64 520 final
when i try to load the sfs it give me a kernel mismatch of the sfs but bout are the 520 and both from the final version well at least the fd64 distro is but i do not know how to verify the sfs, any help would be great.

antiloquax · Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 405

I have been trying to make .pets and I have managed to make it work at least once!
However, recently I was trying to make a pet of Ruby-1.9.3.
I did:
./compile
make
new2dir make install

But ... the installation files ended up in the first directory - not in the one that new2dir created.
I must be doing something wrong. I have read through the material on here, but when I follow the instructions I get this odd result.
I'd appreciate any help!

[Edit: I have got it now!]