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ariel · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 141

WHAT IS IT?

GoNgetIT is a program written in C++ that allows to automatically download deb packages and their dependencies from an Ubuntu repository. It doesn't need any index files and it should work with most/all versions of Puppy as it only depends on curl.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Choose a package here.

open a terminal and type gongetit. It will appear a menu with some options that are self-explanatory. When you press option 1- begin you will be prompted to input an address of a package (eg. hardy/editors/zile). Be sure to write the correct address as I have written no sanity check. Keep in mind that Hardy repo is good for puppy 4.x and Wary while Lucid for Lupu.

When you press enter GoNgetIT will start and parse all the links of the dependencies and then download everything.

If you have turned on option 5 the program will turn all the .deb packages into a .pet by using dir2pet.

Packages will be stored in a directory in /root with several txt files used by the program.

If your download is slow you can change the download site by modifying /root/.gongetit/searchtree.txt. Put the repo you prefer in the first place with a text editor.

WHAT IS THE FILTER?

In /root/.gongetit there are some files needed by the program. Among them there's libraries.txt in which there is a list of libraries that are already in Puppy and that should not be downloaded, such as C library and so forth. If you have already some libraries that you don't want to download anymore add them here with a text editor (openGL libraries are already filtered because I assume that you can find them in the official Puppy repo). On the other hand if you leave this file blank all the libraries will be downloaded. This can be useful for repairing an Ubuntu system that is damaged or that cannot connect to the internet for any reasons. In this way Puppy may turn into a rescue tool for Ubuntu Smile

Be careful not to delete critical libraries in the filter, though. You might install a package that could disrupt your Puppy installation.

BEWARE

With GoNgetIT several requests in the forum may be fulfilled but keep in mind that GoNgetIT is not a substitute of aptget and Puppy is not Ubuntu. If you download a package and it doesn't work probably you have to manually set things right. GoNgetIT is a powerful tool but not a magic wand.

Don't ask, just GoNgetIT!

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GoNgetIT v.0.2

What's new:
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-download deb packages from both the ubuntu and debian repositories.
-command line options.
-stop download when space on disk is less than 15Mb. Continue when free space is available.
- the target directory can be chosen from the command line.
-different way to deal with default options.

Command line:
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Command-line options have been added so that you can implement gongetit in a script like this:

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth

Very good.

Béèm · Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 15:11 Post subject:

Looks nice, but one thing worries me.
As packages are downloaded to /root, if I understand well, there is a danger that the save file is filled-up rapidly.

So nice for FULL installs, but potential problematic for FRUGAL installs.

Would be nice to select a download directory.

smokey01 · Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 16:46 Post subject:

It looks very useful but it would appeal to more users with a GUI.

neurino · Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 360

I think I will absolutely love it given I can store outside my savefile, for example all my downloaded / created pets go in /mnt/home/petsbin...

Don't care at all about missing GUI...

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2768 Location: UK

awesome! this looks great... gonna try it out now in puppy 4 (puplite).. wil let you know how I get on...

would you be able to make one like this that works with debian?
the .debs there are easier to integrate into puppy usually... not so many libs..

Can you give the line you use to compile this? Sorry if I am being really thick, but I tried

vovchik · Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 1512 Location: Ukraine

Dear ariel,

Thanks and good work. I tested it last night and was pleased that gongetit really examined the dependencies. I, too, think this is a nice candidate for a gui version....

With kind regards,
vovchik

ariel · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 141

stu90 · Posted: Wed 11 May 2011, 06:05 Post subject:

Great work Ariel - GoNgetIT is straight forward, easy to use and works well.

thanks.

neurino · Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 360

Stupid question:

will GONgetIT work the same as downloading a .deb package and clicking on it (I miss the default action)?

Since this often breaks CUPS.

ariel · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 141

ariel · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 141

check out new version 0.2 and download packages from debian repo too.

see first post

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

Looks good havent tried it. But if you have all the pets in a directory could you also have an option to make an sfs? Re www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75423

ariel · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 141

yes, it could be done. GoNgetIT is flexible enough that I think it could be implemented in the future.

for now if you actually need to convert pet packages to sfs you can have a go with programs like this one. It seems that Trio hasn't much time to keep it up to date but it's worth trying.

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3613 Location: around the bend

There are two sfs for software that have a limited following that would be useful additions to the puppy array. One is zoneminder the other is Arduino. If goNgetit can do zoneminder it has passed all tests. Anyone interested in having a shot. Currently i dont have the connection capabilities to even try.