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I downloaded audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz to /tmp. DSL 2.0

How do I unpack it, install it?

I am not able to download the current dsl iso. My Dell CPi does not have a writer, only a CD player.

I tried downloading on my 98SE machine, the download always stops at 20+- MB, and I get message that windows can not save the unknown file type. Last time I tried downloading to USB pen, The download stopped at 20 MB, no message.

Is there an Audacity for the current iso? If not, What is the latest DSL that I can use Audacity with?
If you fetch audacity with the MyDSL extension (ie app) browser, it installs automatically for you. You don't need to unpack or install it.  But I suggest you get audacity.uci from the uci section, it will use less ramdisk.  It's version 1.2.2 so is a bit old.  I think it should work with the current dsl release (not tried).  Most extensions are not dsl-version specific, unless these contain kernel modules and require either the 2.4.31 (current) or 2.4.26 kernel.

Re: windows message about unknown filetype for the iso - are u using Vista?  I never got that with XP.  Perhaps try downloading from one of the ftp sites with a different program - FileZilla is good and free on Windows http://filezilla-project.org/

If all else fails, download on a friend's machine or eg internet cafe.  You'll need to burn a cd from the iso so you might as well download on a machine with a cd burner.

btw BurnCDCC is good, price is free:  

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm
Quote (WDef @ Oct. 07 2008,22:09)
If you fetch audacity with the MyDSL extension (ie app) browser, it installs automatically for you. You don't need to unpack or install it.  But I suggest you get audacity.uci from the uci section, it will use less ramdisk.  It's version 1.2.2 so is a bit old.  I think it should work with the current dsl release (not tried).  Most extensions are not dsl-version specific, unless these contain kernel modules and require either the 2.4.31 (current) or 2.4.26 kernel.

Re: windows message about unknown filetype for the iso - are u using Vista?  I never got that with XP.  Perhaps try downloading from one of the ftp sites with a different program - FileZilla is good and free on Windows http://filezilla-project.org/

If all else fails, download on a friend's machine or eg internet cafe.  You'll need to burn a cd from the iso so you might as well download on a machine with a cd burner.

btw BurnCDCC is good, price is free:  

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm

I used the Apps -> Tools -> myDSL Extension Browser. Audacity appeared in /tmp as audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz it did not install until i ran:
$cd /tmp
$tar zxvf audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz

That put an Audacity icon on the desktop, and Audacity was working. I cold make a live recording w/it.

I shut my laptop down.There was no Audacity Icon after it booted up. audacity-1.2.2.tar.gz is no longer in /tmp either. I am guessing that I should have moved it to another directory.

What is uci section?

Re re Windows ... That machine is running 98SE. Has been since about 2001. Not many problems as long as I turn it off once a day and defrag regularly.
I'm surprised that command worked, as it would mean extracting in /tmp...
The standard way is to use install via the gui (may vary) or `mydsl-load ` in the cli.

/tmp is on ramdisk, so anything in it will be lost upon next boot.

uci section is a section in mydsl...

As an alternative, if you have extra memory or disk storage on your DSL machine, you can upgrade it manually without burning a cd.
bogward: I suggest you:

1. Reboot to a clean system, since something sounds odd.

2. Forget the .tar.gz extension and instead use the uci.  You can download it manually from

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/uci

right-click on audacity.uci as "save link as" - download.

3.  Open emelfm, browse to and select audacity.uci where you downloaded it to, and double click on it.  It should install.  There should be a menu item called 'audacity' under your right-click menu.
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