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archwndas · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 75

Dear puppy users,
I would like to have a little bit more than what dev_xxx.sfs provides.
Namely I develop using QT3. So far I haven't found out how to install
QT3 in puppy. More over I would like to install the DDD debugger.
Unfortunately I do not know how and I haven't found any references.
It seems that nobody is interested.

Don't you think that since there are some people providing dev_xxx.sfs
to encouraged developers to stay in puppy, shouldn't those people
enhance dev_xxx.sfs or at least show us the way how we can compile
our personal dev_xxx.sfs including there whatever we need?

Thanks in advance!
ARCHWN.

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4639 Location: Manila

Adding qt should be easy, just run package manager, and choose pupget. It should give you the list of pupgets, which you choose then install. Internet connection is assumed available by the package manager, but there is also an option for locating your pre-downloaded packages locally. The repository is ibiblio, see the "packages" folder of Puppy there.

archwndas · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 75

I will try this and I will let you know. But what about the DDD debugger?
are there any precompiled packages for it? I haven't seen anything
around.

edoc · Posted: Tue 17 Oct 2006, 21:38 Post subject: Re: package manager

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 00:01 Post subject:

edoc,
qt is in /usr/lib.
qmake is in the developer addon devx_2xx.sfs.

What Puppyversion do you use?

Mark

edoc · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 07:45 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 08:35 Post subject:

you can download the developper-addon from here:
http://puptrix.org/Puppylinux/2.10/compiler-addon/

Place it in /mnt/home and reboot.

Then rename the existing folder
/usr/lib/qt
to
/usr/lib/qt-backup

Then create a symbolic link with these comands in a consolewindow:
ln -s /usr/lib/qt-renamed /usr/lib/qt
ldconfig

Now you should have qmake.
Mark

edoc · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 10:18 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 10:20 Post subject:

do you use a full harddisk-installation?

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 10:32 Post subject:

if yes:

You would need these steps to copy the files to your harddisk:

Boot from live cd

Now enter this in a consolewindow, where
/YYY/ is the folder with your devx-qt-renamed_210.sfs

edoc · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 10:47 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 11:08 Post subject:

Puppy was created as a CD-based system.
As a CD is write-protected, a trick has to be used, to "mix" the content of different sources.
This trick uses a driver called unionfs.
So you can load /usr from CD, but also write to it in the pup_save.3fs.
To merge an additional source like the devx, also unionfs is required.

Now when you install it to harddisk (full installation), you loose all the benefits of this driver.
You have a "normal" linux, with all disadvantages.

For this reason I use a "frugal" install, where Puppy runs as a "mix" of CD-based system and harddisk-installation (which works without the CD).

Like this I have a very fast harddisk-based system, with the advantages of unionfs.
I can use devx...sfs without problem without copying all files to my harddisk.

Mark

edoc · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 11:19 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Wed 18 Oct 2006, 11:29 Post subject:

edoc · Posted: Thu 19 Oct 2006, 20:05 Post subject: