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anewuser · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 26

I'm a newbie *bares chest with n00b tatoo on it* I would like to ask for help, I just didn't know where to put these doubts and hoped a mod would sort in the proper place. Hope you can help =)

About pets (aka little plugins-extensions-programs that add more functionality to the OS)

1. What does it mean for a .PET to be compiled in a particular OS&revision of that OS to the end user (eg 'compiled in wary5.0' 'compiled in racy 5.25' etc)?

2. Are .PETs interchangeable between puppies? (eg something compiled for Slacko would work on wary?)

3. A .PET compiled on 'puppy4.2.x' would work on Wary5.0?

4. .PETs compiled in a higher revision of a dev line would in a lower revision of that dev line? (eg say revision 5.1 or 5.1.1 or even Wary Puppy 5.2.2's PET would work on wary puppy 5.0?)

Thank you in advance, and here's hoping I made myself clear without repeting myself much.

PD: tiny request? .PET of audacious for wary5.0 please (the ones on the board gave me missing libraries (which I'll post the moment I get a chance) Reason to this is to find a way to play module file formats on linux/puppy. There is no xmplay on linux afaik.

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

Pets should never be assumed interchangeable between versions. Sometimes it works - sometimes not.

An older pet is more likely to work on a newer puppy than the reverse.

When you compile a package, it looks at all the specifics of your OS and builds the program customized for that OS. Simpler programs need fewer specifics than complex ones - so simple stuff tends to be more portable.

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

I built this on Saluki - it hopefully should work on wary5.
http://smokey01.com/saluki/pet_packages-saluki/audacious-3.2-i486.pet

It needs dbus and dbus-glib
http://smokey01.com/saluki/pet_packages-saluki/dbus-1.4.16-i486.pet
http://smokey01.com/saluki/pet_packages-saluki/dbus-glib_DEV-0.98-i486.pet

anewuser · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 26

Makes sense all around.

Downloaded pets. Will post back if they work on a wary set up without customizations of any kind.

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darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

here's some more info-

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Pets

@jemimah i've included some of your post there - hope that's cool

anewuser · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 26

OFFTOPIC @ community
@jemimah

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

Opps the pet is bad. I will reupload it in a bit.

Lobster · Posted: Tue 21 Feb 2012, 21:07 Post subject:

anewuser · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 26

OT

Found an audacious pet with a -w5.pet on the site (or its repositories, can't find where atm). But the label means it was compiled within wary, whish is the branch I'm using.

Working fine all around.
Phew, finding pets for older setups is difficult even with all the community help.

@lobster I'm really n00b, or I'm too used to windows and its hierarchy system, and it's ways and conceptions...yuk! Slowly getting used to this new naming scheme&hierarchy.