HD Install :: Install Abiword without myDSL



Ok, I can't figure it out.

I don't know which version of DSL I seem to have installed, but I don't have a myDSL icon so I'm not sure how to install software.

Let's say for example I want to install abiword (which is one of a few that I want to install).

So, how do I do this?  I've run dpkg-restore to get apt-get running, but I'm leary about that being the best way to install since dsl isn't a true debian install.  Is that the best way to install this?

I've downloaded abiword.dsl but I can't even find the "myDSL" button in emelfm to run an install that way.

Please advise....

Oh, and by the way, kudos to DSL for bringing this IBM ThinkPad 600 back to live...amazing product you got here! ;-)
Newer DSL versions: see System Stats
Older: some showed the version in the dillo startup page.
2.0-2.1: used kernel 2.4.31 (run `uname -r`)

Are you running as user 'dsl'? mydsl can only be used with that user.
If you just aren't using icons, you can use the command-line tool `mydsl-load`

The "myDSL" button in emelfm was removed recently (not sure when added, see release notes)
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Mar. 28 2007,00:39)
Newer DSL versions: see System Stats
Older: some showed the version in the dillo startup page.
2.0-2.1: used kernel 2.4.31 (run `uname -r`)

Are you running as user 'dsl'? mydsl can only be used with that user.
If you just aren't using icons, you can use the command-line tool `mydsl-load`

The "myDSL" button in emelfm was removed recently (not sure when added, see release notes)

Oopps...that may be my problem...I may be running it as root.  How do I check?  Then how do I change this if I am?

Other distro's I use just seem to automatically switch to a non-root user...sorry, still learning the in's-and-outs of DSL...

Oh, even sudo -s doesn't get mydsl-load to run...is that 'cause I'm running it as root?
1. To find out if you're root: Start a command prompt or open emelfm or exit X. The prompt will show user@box (where user is root, dsl, or whatever user name you've entered) both in the console/terminal and in emelfm (bottom part of the box where shell commands are entered).

2. DSL defaults to user dsl. The way to start as root by default is to enter run level 2 at boot using the cheatcode (dsl 2) or if you log in by logging in as root.

3. Don't sudo for dsl tools. They work by default only for user dsl, not for root or for any other user. As user dsl, just enter:
mydsl-load application

4. sudo -s requires a password, which defeats the purpose of using sudo in the instance where the user gets full su privileges in the first place (you'd use -s if you had root password limited privileges). So just use sudo as user dsl and you'll have su privileges.
Quote (lucky13 @ Mar. 28 2007,19:41)
1. To find out if you're root: Start a command prompt or open emelfm or exit X. The prompt will show user@box (where user is root, dsl, or whatever user name you've entered) both in the console/terminal and in emelfm (bottom part of the box where shell commands are entered).

2. DSL defaults to user dsl. The way to start as root by default is to enter run level 2 at boot using the cheatcode (dsl 2) or if you log in by logging in as root.

3. Don't sudo for dsl tools. They work by default only for user dsl, not for root or for any other user. As user dsl, just enter:
mydsl-load application

4. sudo -s requires a password, which defeats the purpose of using sudo in the instance where the user gets full su privileges in the first place (you'd use -s if you had root password limited privileges). So just use sudo as user dsl and you'll have su privileges.

User:damnsmall1, so I am user a different user than root....

bash: mydsl-load command not found

apt-cache search mydsl shows nothing.

So...what am I doing wrong?  Why can't I get mydsl goin'?
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