mikshaw
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Posted: Mar. 30 2005,19:56 |
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Usually depends on you, just like in any other operating system.
For example, if you download a file with firefox, you specify where to save it.
Some applications that don't give you a dialog box to choose a destination, such as wget, will default to whatever directory you are currently in, or what is set in its rc file (readable config file). But you can typically specify the destination with a command line option.
If you speak of automatically downloaded files, such as those obtained through the mydsl browser, they are normally put in /tmp (/ramdisk/tmp).
Suggestion: If you are running a liveCD or frugal, you should never save files outside /ramdisk or you will quickly run out of room. The exception to this (and the preferred method) is saving to a mounted drive where the file will remain after reboot, and will not take up ram space. If a file is saved into /ramdisk it will disappear when you shutdown/reboot. /ramdisk on a standard DSL system contains /home /opt and /tmp
Second question: no. What you get from sourceforge is either a source archive or a package built for a particular distribution. Either way it will not install with the mydsl system. If it's a source archive you'll need at least a compiler (tcc or gcc1.dsl), and know a little about compiling software.
If it's a package, you might be able to install it, or you might not. You'll have the greatest success with debian packages (*.deb), which can be installed with "sudo dpkg -i <filename>" or "apt-get install <package>" (both of these need dsl-dpkg.dsl). Slackware packages are very similar in structure to dsl packages, and with a little work and tweaking may actually install with the mydsl loader. I wouldn't really recommend this, though. I'd stick with dpkg and apt-get
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