Other Help Topics :: How to install new packages?

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Does it mean that i can't add new applications?
How to add a new compiler?

You don't need a new compiler if you've installed the gcc extension, but you may need to add development libraries and includes for the specific application you're trying to compile. If there is a configure script included with the source it will most likely tell you what's missing if you are lacking these files.
Also check the INSTALL and README files, which may list dependencies for the application.
You can probably install these dependencies using apt-get.

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How to make partitions for linux? I have HDD with FAT32 partition. Disc is without any files. How do it from dos? Fdisk can't make EXT1 partitions. Help! Which program can do it?

I've always relied on a floppy version of Partition Magic (DOS-based), but there should be an application in DSL to do this (cfdisk maybe?). You may need gnu-utils for this (<-- this is me guessing).

Are you wanting to install DSL to the harddrive? Or are you happy running from the cd?

If there is nothing on your HDD or space, you can just download the DSL files (from the MyDSL repository) onto your harddrive, and then mount it and run them from there.

Adding stuff that isn't in the MyDSL list is beyond me at this stage though. :-/

you can boot up dsl then use cfdisk for partitioning, i find this very useful. then mke2fs /dev/hd<partition> to format an ext2 filesystem.

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