.DSL files??

Forum: Apps
Topic: .DSL files??
started by: Comet

Posted by Comet on July 02 2005,18:38

hi there, I downloaded a couple .DSL files from Apps directory on a ftp mirror.. Its GCC.. how do I go about installing this DSL package file??

Posted by Comet on July 02 2005,18:43

I also wanted to note, that I don't use X-windows.. so emelfm doesn't work.. any way to install the .DSL apps through the console???

Posted by adssse on July 03 2005,05:12

Try typing
mydsl-load *name_of_file*

Posted by OOO on July 03 2005,06:28

I am totally confused as to how to install GCC. I downloaded it to /tmp but i try opening it and it tells me /var/tmp/mydsl.icons does not exist, /home/dsl/.xtdesktop is not mounted, and /var/tmp/mdsl.icons does not exist. I am new to linux and I do not know how to fix this.

Posted by b1ackmai1er on July 04 2005,18:50

mydsl-load seems smart enough to check that you are not using Xwindows (xvesa+fluxbox) and does not try to create a fluxbox menu item for your application.

however it seems to call mydsl-install which does not do the same display check, so it tries to update the icon file for xwindows which probably dont exist.

You could try running xwindows and then shut it down. It may create the default files that the script is looking for, or you could try ignoring the errors since they only relate to x-windows destop

regard b1m1

Posted by fpd on July 20 2005,20:45

Using DSL's Desktop icons to install software, it first tells you what it is, what it does, then asks you where to put the files - usually in /tmp. This GUI/script downloads the software plus an MD5 file for validation, it then installs the software.

After a few seconds or minutes, all the GUI panels disapear, and your software is ready to run.

I did this with GTK2 (then did the same to un-install it) and GCC, which worked without any tweaks.

Which icon? I forgot, but it's not the PDF icon, or FoxFire.