dslfool
Group: Members
Posts: 105
Joined: April 2004 |
 |
Posted: April 05 2004,17:37 |
 |
Been soliciting (and receiving!) help from many via a number of other posts, thought I'd report success.
Goal: Run DSL 0.6.2 live from CD, restore extra apps from USB flash drive without requiring an Internet connection.
Thanks to cbagger for the suggestion to backup *.deb package files stored in /var/cache/apt/archives after Synaptic installs, and for the Synaptic install script (@ DSL Ideas and Suggestions » Install Script for Synaptic). Here's a summary of what I've been able to do:
With an Internet connection -
1) copy Synaptic install script and dpkg-install.tar (downloaded from http://damnsmalllinux.org/dpkg-install.tar ) to USB flash drive
1) run Synaptic install script and install applications
2) copy the applications' .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives to USB flash drive
On next DSL boot from CD, with or without Internet connection -
1) copy Synaptic install script from USB flash drive and execute (to create writable directories)
2) copy dpkg-install.tar and .deb files from flash drive
3) unpack dpkg-install.tar
4) sudo su
5) run dpkg-install.sh (to install dpkg)
6) run "dpkg -i *.deb"
OK, I've only tried this with xmahjongg and lxdoom (& dependencies), but for these this procedure is working. Now to try other apps and script this whole thing...
--------------
Toshiba Portege 7200CTe notebook, 600MHz PIII, 8GB CF as HD, 320MB RAM
DSL 4.2.5 (frugal toram)
...and the picture is of Fuad Ramses from the film "Blood Feast".
|
.
DSL Market ,
Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
