Distro: Slacko Puppy 5.7 - broken PPM
Distro: Slacko Puppy 5.7 - broken PPM
During an update of the ppm, I got an r/w error on my harddisk. ppm reported no space left on harddisk. Free space is > 25 GB. After restarting puppy the ppm didn't show the installed programs anymore. Normally on the uninstall tab listed, now the list is empty.
Is it possible to rebuild this list?
thank's for any help in advance,
stefan
Is it possible to rebuild this list?
thank's for any help in advance,
stefan
How is Slacko installed?
Full or frugal?
If frugal, how much free space in save file?
Full or frugal?
If frugal, how much free space in save file?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
The file that contains the installed program info is
"user-installed-packages"
It is in /root/.packages
To see it in Rox file manager, you need to click on the eye icon, so hidden files are shown. The .packages directory is hidden.
You can click on this "user-installed-packages" file to open it and see what it contains.
What happens when you do that?
"user-installed-packages"
It is in /root/.packages
To see it in Rox file manager, you need to click on the eye icon, so hidden files are shown. The .packages directory is hidden.
You can click on this "user-installed-packages" file to open it and see what it contains.
What happens when you do that?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
On the right side of the task bar is a personal storage icon.
When you hover over it, what does it say for free space?
When you hover over it, what does it say for free space?
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
The file is empty.bigpup wrote:
You can click on this "user-installed-packages" file to open it and see what it contains.
What happens when you do that?
28G personal storage - free 25Gbigpup wrote:
On the right side of the task bar is a personal storage icon.
When you hover over it, what does it say for free space?
With the "user-installed-packages" file being empty. I think you are out of luck.
That file only gets updates and entries by checking a file that is stored in the temp directory.
The contents of this temp directory get deleted on shutdown.
When you install a package the info is put in a temp file. The temp file is then checked to update the "user-installed-packages".
In /root/.packages there is a file for each package you have installed. This file is a list of what the package installed and where it installed.
I guess you could use this file to manually uninstall a package.
That file only gets updates and entries by checking a file that is stored in the temp directory.
The contents of this temp directory get deleted on shutdown.
When you install a package the info is put in a temp file. The temp file is then checked to update the "user-installed-packages".
In /root/.packages there is a file for each package you have installed. This file is a list of what the package installed and where it installed.
I guess you could use this file to manually uninstall a package.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
Computers do stuff for no reason at any time.During an update of the ppm, I got an r/w error on my harddisk. ppm reported no space left on harddisk.
Who knows why?
Storage space is not a problem.
All I can say is, stuff happens
If you try to update PPM and it still gives you this problem. You may have something wrong with the file system on the hard drive.
to check :
Run the program Gparted and have it do a check of the hard drive.
To use Gparted:
Boot with the Puppy live CD
At the Puppy boot screen hit F2 key.
Use the boot option puppy pfix=ram.
This keeps the hard drive from being mounted.
Hard drive can not be mounted for Gparted to work.
In Gparted
right click on a partition
Select check
If it finds anything wrong it will correct.
If you have more than one partition on hard drive
run a check on all of them.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
So, in my understanding we have two files: one vanilla file "/root/.packages", should be available booting puppy in RAM-mode, and the live file in my installation. The difference between the two files are the packages, I installed. Am I correct?bigpup wrote:In /root/.packages there is a file for each package you have installed. This file is a list of what the package installed and where it installed. I guess you could use this file to manually uninstall a package.
Yes.
"/root/.packages" is a directory that contains files.
The info file for a package you installed will be named for the program package you installed.
Example:
flashplayer 11
The other info files are all repository content info. They are used by PPM to show what is available from a specific repository of packages.
Example:
Packages-Puppy5-Official
In Rox file manager.
If you left click on a Puppy version sfs file it will open showing all contents of the Puppy version before any changes.
It does need to be one you are not using at the time.
"/root/.packages" is a directory that contains files.
The info file for a package you installed will be named for the program package you installed.
Example:
flashplayer 11
The other info files are all repository content info. They are used by PPM to show what is available from a specific repository of packages.
Example:
Packages-Puppy5-Official
In Rox file manager.
If you left click on a Puppy version sfs file it will open showing all contents of the Puppy version before any changes.
It does need to be one you are not using at the time.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)