How to view contents of PET packages before installing?

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mow9902 · #1 Post by **mow9902** » Wed 06 May 2009, 09:54

Excuse my ignorance. I would like to be able to examine the contents of a PET package before I actually click on it to install. How can I do this please.

trio · #2 Post by **trio** » Wed 06 May 2009, 10:02

mow9902 wrote:Excuse my ignorance. I would like to be able to examine the contents of a PET package before I actually click on it to install. How can I do this please.

you are excused!

well, you right click the .pet and choose rename, then on the rename window you add words so it will be like this --> xxx.pet.tar.gz

then you can open that xxx.pet.tar.gz by clicking on it so the default archiver will open it....well now you can see inside .pet! ...some more? you can also extract it somewhere........and dive inside the folder...

gposil · #3 Post by **gposil** » Wed 06 May 2009, 12:26

This pet will allow you right click on any pet and view in XArchive.

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jrb · #4 Post by **jrb** » Wed 06 May 2009, 14:41

Wow! Nicely done gposil. The ., t, g, and z keys on my keyboard thank you very much.

Bruce B · #5 Post by **Bruce B** » Wed 06 May 2009, 19:37

Midnight Commander

I use one tool for about all file archives.

Attached is a picture. Left pane shows Midnight Commander
opening a pet file. Open means literally 'open', it doesn't
extract the contents. It opens the .pet package in a VFS
(Virtual File System)

The wanted contents in this example are the AbiWord
dictionary and hash file.

The right pane shows .AbiSuite dictionary directory. All that
needs be done is highlight the two files in the left panel and
copy them to the right side.

Bruce

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mow9902 · #6 Post by **mow9902** » Thu 07 May 2009, 00:03

Brilliant! thanks

ecomoney · #7 Post by **ecomoney** » Thu 07 May 2009, 03:09

Wow, brilliant idea for a feature gposil! Push to have it included in the main puppy please!

charlie6 · #8 Post by **charlie6** » Fri 22 May 2009, 18:22

Hi gposil,

gposil wrote:This pet will allow you right click on any pet and view in XArchive.
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I apologize if my question is irrelevant...which desktop theme do you use on the screenshot? is this icewm, isn't? Do you run puppy on a Mac PC?

Thanks for answer
Cheers, Charlie

gposil · #9 Post by **gposil** » Sat 23 May 2009, 00:41

It's Icewm on a PC with the Abby Leopard Theme...neat

zandarian · #10 Post by **zandarian** » Fri 22 Aug 2014, 09:33

To see the contents of the pet packages without extracting them:

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tar -tf filename.pet

Source: amigo in http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90292

zandarian · #11 Post by **zandarian** » Fri 22 Aug 2014, 10:13

To make XArchive show the contents of the pet packages without renaming them, I've edited /usr/lib/xarchive/wrappers/tar-wrap.sh and changed ...

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GZIP_EXTS="tar.gz tgz"

... to ...

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GZIP_EXTS="tar.gz tgz pet"

Sources:
* upnorth in http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58641
* gposil's pet2xarc.pet (in this thread)
* mikeb in http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90292

jrb · #12 Post by **jrb** » Fri 22 Aug 2014, 17:51

Thanks for calling my attention to this pet zandarian. Somehow I had let it slip away.

I have repackaged gposil's pet2xarc.pet so that it works in Slacko-5.7 and 5.9.3 and also Tahr-5.8.3. Tested minimally in those three, hopefully it works in all the other new Puppies as well.

Cheers, J

MochiMoppel · #13 Post by **MochiMoppel** » Sat 23 Aug 2014, 02:57

Hmmm...doesn't work for me as it directly writes to /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith instead of /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/SendTo. AFAIK OpenWith was the mandatory directory name when gposil posted his pet, now it's SendTo.

neerajkolte · #14 Post by **neerajkolte** » Sat 23 Aug 2014, 03:43

Hi everyone,
In Fatdog64 when I right click a .pet file, I get 2 options,

1) See contents of this pet -- this pops up an dialog listing all directories, sub-directories and files inside the pet.
2) Extract the pet -- This extracts the containts of pet in a directory of pet's name.

I will look at /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/SendTo when I get back home from work.

Thanks.

- Neeraj.

jrb · #15 Post by **jrb** » Sat 23 Aug 2014, 13:57

MochiMoppel wrote:Hmmm...doesn't work for me as it directly writes to /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith instead of /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/SendTo. AFAIK OpenWith was the mandatory directory name when gposil posted his pet, now it's SendTo.

You don't mention which Puppy you are using

/root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith is still the default in Slacko-5.9.3, Slacko-5.7 and Tahr-5.8.3. SendTo is just a symlink to OpenWith.

MochiMoppel · #16 Post by **MochiMoppel** » Mon 25 Aug 2014, 04:58

I use Slacko 5.6.

OpenWith is not the default. Try this: Temporarily rename OpenWith and the symlink SendTo. Now rightclick any file and choose "Customize menu". ROX will immediately create a new SendTo directory, not OpenWith. See also here.

The reason why your approach doesn't work for me: I don't use a pupsave file and my startup script directs the SendTo symlink to a directory outside of Puppy. I think the cleanest approach for your script would be to copy to SendTo. You shouldn't be concerned if it is "just a symlink" or a "real" directory. It's the directory ROX expects and uses, and if Puppymakers still find it wise to symlink it to another directory then it's their choice, but IMO it's not needed and adds an unnecessary level of complexity....and - obviously - confusion

tuxtoo · #17 Post by **tuxtoo** » Mon 25 Aug 2014, 14:29

The one I find most useful is pet2dir which can be found here - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 458#584458

jrb · #18 Post by **jrb** » Mon 25 Aug 2014, 15:15

MochiMoppel wrote:I use Slacko 5.6.

OpenWith is not the default. Try this: Temporarily rename OpenWith and the symlink SendTo. Now rightclick any file and choose "Customize menu". ROX will immediately create a new SendTo directory, not OpenWith. See also here.

The reason why your approach doesn't work for me: I don't use a pupsave file and my startup script directs the SendTo symlink to a directory outside of Puppy. I think the cleanest approach for your script would be to copy to SendTo. You shouldn't be concerned if it is "just a symlink" or a "real" directory. It's the directory ROX expects and uses, and if Puppymakers still find it wise to symlink it to another directory then it's their choice, but IMO it's not needed and adds an unnecessary level of complexity....and - obviously - confusion

Ah, I see. This pet does not work because of your modifications. I was aware of Rox's using SendTo instead of OpenWith because I have set up Rox in other distros and perhaps you're are right about there being an "unnecessary level of complexity and ... confusion" but there are many such in Puppy, also in other distros. You are wrong about this being my script. I did a simple repackage of gposil's script. That's what's so great about Puppy and Linux, anyone may make the changes they like. By all means feel free to make the changes you suggest and repost the pet.

Cheers, J

trio · #19 Post by **trio** » Mon 20 Oct 2014, 08:24

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 363#804363

Smithy · #20 Post by **Smithy** » Mon 20 Oct 2014, 16:41

Pemasu Debian Pup has a right click option that says extract here, and just extracts it all in a folder. It says Extract-Pet 1.7.
Maybe it's available as a pet somewhere. He's also got packit and uextract in there.
Good stuff.

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