mikshaw
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Posted: April 12 2006,20:57 |
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I see your point.
As far as I know, once you install DSL to harddrive (non-frugal) you have a basic Debian-type system, at least in the sense that the file structure is essentially the same as that in Debian. I don't know much about apt, so i can't give any definite info there, but I can say that your dependency issues don't mean that DSL can't be expanded into the equivalent of Debian. I've heard at least a few people say they've done it. As far as I know, you might need to run some other apt commands to update the apt support files, and maybe to upgrade some of your base system files. What those commands are specifically I forget, as I don't use apt. I'm only saying what I vaguely remember from reading other people's posts. You will probably find more useful information in the apt-get forum.
opinion: It may be useful to know that installing DSL in this manner is probably not going to be well-supported by the devs or these forums. The ability to do it was basically already available when DSL was created, so it was included in the install scripts just because it's a possibility. However, most of the ongoing development focuses almost entirely on the compressed system of liveCD, frugal, embedded, etc. As far as I understand it, if changes are made that are specific to the liveCD, but cause issues for a traditional install, I doubt that these issues will be on the top of the list of things to fix.
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