Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

jim nagel · Joined: 06 Dec 2012 Posts: 10

both of these programs are not there - whats up ? updated puppy package several times and they are gone. gotta have them or at least one of them .

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7775 Location: World_Hub

Whether Slacko, Precise or Lucid- Minicom's there! Your other, gtktrem- a typo?

jim nagel · Joined: 06 Dec 2012 Posts: 10

i think there was a secondary point and a question in my post. WHERE HAVE THEY GONE AND WHY ? and yes i was clever enough to have downloaded a tarball already. am trying to convince my boss that linux is worthwhile enough to use for router maintenance. little things like this do not help in the least. as for the typo comment. your kidding right ?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7775 Location: World_Hub

Pardon me Jim- I didn't realize. Must'a been a wrong number.. Term, not trem!

jim nagel · Joined: 06 Dec 2012 Posts: 10

they have both vanished from the puppy package manager. at least for now. wonder whats up. one of the biggest reasons i rarely go to forums - always a smart as geekoid coming out of the shadows needing to flex his what ever

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7775 Location: World_Hub

If you say so Jim.. Hey, and for what it's worth, I'd boot live and replace my petget directory- they're both there.

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3094 Location: wales

both are in the precise PPM for me..... after you updated , did you restart the PPM?

jim nagel · Joined: 06 Dec 2012 Posts: 10

just moved on to different linux distros - did all you said and ran into the same thing on almost every one - a bit different each time - but always wound up with the red box saying it wasnt found. mysteriously one machine worked and found everything i needed but the next 4-5 times it did the same thing. simply not interested in it anymore. not into geek squad mysteries at all

jim nagel · Joined: 06 Dec 2012 Posts: 10

tried 4 more identical machines - same issue - would find a few things in PPM but others simply would not. updating the repos seemed to go fine. files were there. software was listed in the files. PPM simply was not reading the updated files somehow . checked all permissions and all that stuff. no worky. these were all k8t neo motherboards. tried it on 2 ~3-4 year old centrino laptops and worked like a charm. now that i have seen this i wont pursue it any more. will just avoid even trying those pc's.