Other Help Topics :: Ok, I'm stuck. What do I do with this /dsl file?

Quote (doobit @ Mar. 13 2006,22:20)

d Emelfm, your graphical file manager, and select the app and click the mydsl button and it will appear in the mydsl menu when you right click anywhere on the desktop.

Ah, got it now. I misread the instructions before. I simply put it in the root and clicked on the mydsl button.
Of course, nothing happened, I hadn't selected the file first.

Next question, now that it's working, do I need to leave the .dsl file there in the root directory? Or can I remove it. Better still, can they be 'installed' from anywhere, so I could make a new directory to store any others I download? That would be much neater.

Thanks.

Yes, in fact the "getting started" instructions that pop up when you boot up tell you exactly that. You can make a directory called /optional in /cdrom which is a writeable directory.

think I better clear a few points here'

1. dsl apps can be installed from anywhere by double clicking on them using emelfm.

2. to use desktop r-click>mydsl>Install Option Extensions, this type of install needs the app to be placed in the 'optional' directory.

3. to auto install at boot time, the apps needs to be placed in the root directory of the knoppix image - OR you can use the boot option mydsl=xxxx where xxxx is an alternative partition, again it must be the root directory.

original here.