Questions: Precise .pets, Package manager, Multimedia keys

[npierce]

I'm currently running an old Racy, not a new Slacko, so haven't verified this, but (after looking at Woof) I think this is the way it works in Slacko as well. Somebody please correct me if this is wrong.

The list of packages in the puppy-noarch repo is contained in the /root/.packages/Packages-puppy-noarch-official file.

When you choose to update the database for the PPM, the PPM gets the current version of Packages-puppy-noarch-official from http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/. (It will also grab files with lists for other repos from the same place and from other places.)

The actual packages for the puppy-noarch repo live in http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/.

[tallboy]

Thank you, npierce.

[npierce]

You're welcome.

By the way, the list also lives in the fossil Woof repository, which also has earlier versions of the list.

[green_dome]

1) Yes you can use lucid pets on precise, or even 4.3. But when a program is compiled on certain platform, it may not work well on other. But all of the pets i tested from lucid, 4.3 worked fine.

Apparently the missing files I noted above were deal breakers. Hence I've been looking for a libreoffice .pet for Precise / Lucid to no avail. Perhaps there are download locations I've missed?

I'm assuming this won't work since it's slackware compatible -> http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/pupp ... -3.5.2.pet ?

Does puppy have a utility that will install multiple .debs at once? I ask because I noticed that the official (from site) LibreOffice package extracts to a folder full of .debs. The thought of installing each was, shall we say, not encouraging.

Should I just be looking for an .sfs...?

One way to install LibreOffice is via "GUI to download LibreOffice - beta quality" [>]