Search Members Help

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

reply to topic new topic new poll
Topic: dpkg command, help< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
^thehatsrule^ Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 3275
Joined: July 2006
Posted: Mar. 02 2007,05:04 QUOTE

Google shows you are following this? http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-hd-install.html
It looks like those instructions are outdated.  Unless you are using some old version of DSL, you should grab the dsl-dpkg from MyDSL.

So, given with my warnings... if you want to continue, you'll need todo
tar zxvf dpkg.tar.gz

Note that apt-get update will NOT work, since I believe the default repos sources are downloaded from the internet (unless you have some repos cd's)
Back to top
Profile PM 
Antibalas Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 6
Joined: Mar. 2007
Posted: Mar. 02 2007,07:01 QUOTE

I did use what was on the link because I didnt know what to do. So is there any other way to get the file instead of myDSL? I am assuming that an internet connection is required for that.

Also if I did put in the dpkg.tar.gz, shouldnt I be able to use dpkg? I am not to worried about apt. All I want to do is to install a Dos emu for this that came in a .deb file. I really dont know much about linux.
Back to top
Profile PM 
^thehatsrule^ Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 3275
Joined: July 2006
Posted: Mar. 03 2007,00:10 QUOTE

Yes you need the internet as it is not provided on the cd. You can use any mirror, such as http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/

Which DSL version are you using?
Yes you can still use dpkg... though I'm unsure whether that package would still work for newer DSL versions.

Note that dosbox is also available in MyDSL if you need a dos emu.
Back to top
Profile PM 
Antibalas Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 6
Joined: Mar. 2007
Posted: Mar. 03 2007,01:19 QUOTE

I am using the newest version. I found all the files that I needed, thanks. Im not sure how to load the .dsl files though, do they need to be put in a certain directory? Sorry I have no idea what to do.
Back to top
Profile PM 
^thehatsrule^ Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 3275
Joined: July 2006
Posted: Mar. 03 2007,02:21 QUOTE

See the wiki on mydsl.
Back to top
Profile PM 
11 replies since Mar. 01 2007,22:18 < Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/
reply to topic new topic new poll
Quick Reply: dpkg command

Do you wish to enable your signature for this post?
Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?
Track this topic
View All Emoticons
View iB Code