I installed mplayer from mydsl in a frugal installation.
Everything downloaded and worked fine, the desktop icon was there.
When I rebooted, it was gone
There are hidden files for mplayer in /home/dsl, but "whereis mplayer" can't find it.
Why did it disappear? Are you supposed to save it somehow, or create a link of some sort?
Or can't you keep apps in frugal?
I know learning Linux is not easy, but this one completely threw me.
Where did I go wrong?
Thanks in advance,
AussieYou need to download the .dsl extension again. If you want mplayer to stay installed, you need to put the .dsl file in your base ("/")* directory.
1. Download the .dsl to /tmp 2. Open Xterm and type "sudo mc" 3. Use Midnight Commander to copy the .dsl file from /tmp to / 4. Reboot and make sure that sucka's gonna stay put!
*This is assuming you have not made a seporate directory to put your .dsl files in.
Quote (Your Fuzzy God @ Sep. 19 2005,12:26)
*This is assuming you have not made a seporate directory to put your .dsl files in.
I followed the "how to" pdf when I did the frugal install and created the "home" and "opt" directories.
Mplayer did show under "mydsl" when I right clicked on the desktop.
Should I copy it to "opt" or "/" or "/home/dsl" (which is where all the conf files ended up)?
AussieCopy it to /cdrom for a frugal install.
or
/cdrom/optional
Unless you created a specific "mydsl" partition at boot time.YAR!!! Ye would needs t' put it in e'ther tha "/" dir'ctory or tha "/mnt/hda9" (per ye example). I dern't know how ye set 'er up. Try'm both, say I to ye. ::Insert pirate smiley complete with eyepatch and parrot::
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Or even, mayhaps, ye /cdrom dir'ctory per the fast typin', scruvy dog, cbagger.Next Page...
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