Uninstalling after upgrade ***

Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated)
Topic: Uninstalling after upgrade ***
started by: dylanrogers

Posted by dylanrogers on May 28 2005,11:38

This is really aggravating me. I just installed Firefox 1.0PR from myDSL, and found that the old version (0.9 or something) still exists! How do I remove the old version of it?

I love Dillo, but I find Firefox a necessity. Thanks.

PS How do I remove or add desktop items?

Posted by mikshaw on May 28 2005,13:44

myDSL extensions are not typically thought of as upgrades. They are self-contained programs intended to expand the useability of DSL. If you are running a liveCD, frugal, poormans (which is probably the case if you're using myDSL apps), removing default programs requires either a remaster or removing them each time you boot. This really shouldn't be an issue, though, since applications are not loaded into ram until you use them (unless you use the toram boot option). If you're having trouble with the old firefox starting when you are expecting the new, try adding the path to the new firefox binary to the beginning of your PATH variable.

If using a harddrive install, I'd recommend using apt or dpkg to install your applications. If this does not upgrade, you can usually remove the old one manually and it will stay gone. Firefox is particularly convenient since it is a self-contained application. Last i knew it was located at /usr/local/bin/firefox/

Desktop icons are in /home/dsl/.xtdesktop/. Look at some of the *.lnk files to see how the icons are used. Adding and removing image/lnk pairs will add and remove icons on the desktop.

The slit (bottom right) applications are launched from /usr/bin/enhance, which is launched from /home/dsl/.xinitrc.

Posted by dylanrogers on May 28 2005,13:47

thanks, however im thinking about switching back to BeatrIX if i cant find anything bout DSL thats better than any of the other distros. Can you tell me something?

Posted by mikshaw on May 28 2005,13:57

I have fun with it. I'm not saying other distros are not fun, but DSL is a favorite toy. The myDSL system and Lua FLTK scripting have been a huge source of learning and enjoyment for me, and the fact that it's all in RAM means i can mess with it as much as i want without any negative effects.

There are other traits that people like about it, but I'm just saying what i like...not going to trouble myself trying to convince someone to use it if they don't want to =o)