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aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: Germany

This is the actual Beta of picasa 3.0 as an sfs-file.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/aragon-puppy (~ 30 MB)

you'll find a zip-file which contains the sfs and the checksum.

sfs-usage !!!frugal installs!!! (from: http://www.puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm):

puppyluvr · Posted: Thu 30 Oct 2008, 18:12 Post_subject:

Hello aragon,
@My Wife runs Picasa in Wine on her Puppy, so we`ll have to try this out!!!

Haidi · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 17

I did as I could, downloaded to /mnt/home and made did everything in bootmanager, then rebooted computer and nothing happens?? or did something happen and I just didnt not notice it, but anyway I did not find picasa or sign of it after download... where to look for it?

and yes I am blond Embarassed

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: Germany

hi haidi,

- which version are you running? if other than 400 you had to rename the sfs according to your version.
- Go to System > Bootmanager
>> - Choose which extra-sfs...
>> - check if either the picasa-sfs is on the right pane or'ignore...' is ticked.
- did you extract the zip and place the *.sfs file from the zip at /mnt/home?
- open rxvt and run 'picasa' and look what's happening.

please report back your results.

cheers
aragon

Haidi · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 17

a little ambrassed face and still humble, I can not use commandline, so please, some hint how to do it?

Fossil · Posted: Wed 10 Dec 2008, 06:40 Post_subject:

See the little TV screen - Console - with the right pointing arrow > at the top centre of the desktop.
Click on it. A blank box will appear with a # in the top left corner. Just type in whatever command is needed, in this case - picasa. Press Return.

Cariboo · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 106 Location: BC, Canada

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: Germany

@Cariboo:

yes, it's an all-in-one-package.

cheers
aragon

Cariboo · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 106 Location: BC, Canada

Thanks aragon...

I have a puppy-411 full HDD installation....
I downloaded, extracted to /mnt/home, checked md5sum...all OK

but I can't load the module Shocked

(see attachment)

Any ideas what went wrong Question

aragon · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1691 Location: Germany

yes, i think i know. the keyword is "full install".

the instruction for using sfs-files is for frugal installs.

as i don't know anything about full installs (and sfs-usage with it), please use

http://wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html

to search for a solution.

cheers
aragon

Cariboo · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 106 Location: BC, Canada

I changed to a "Frugal" installation and Picasa could be installed with one little change:

The sfs file name has to be changed to match the installed Puppy version...(in my case Puppy 411)
instead: picasa-BETA-b57....._400.sfs I had
to use: picasa-BETA-b57....._411.sfs

I can only start it from the console.
How can I get a Desktop launcher or an entry in either >Menu >Graphics or >Documents?

RobertB · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 145 Location: Big D

I've had success creating desktop shortcuts using this technique, which I'll try when I get home and download the Picasa sfs:

* On a command line, use the "which" command:

Cariboo · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 106 Location: BC, Canada

jackieflorida · Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 122 Location: MIAMI

Thank you RobertB for introducing me to the "which" command to quickly find the file for dragging out for a shortcut. Now I don't have to use Pfind and sift through all of its output to find the file for a shortcut.

Thank you aragon for this sfs application and introducing me to this sfs feature.

I've been getting along with Fotoxx and Printoxx but still missing my favorite Windows photo editor, Picasa. Thanks to you I now have it simply and, nicely, it is a separate entity, kind of like in the old DOS days where the apps were in their own directories. This aspect is great.

Are there any other sfs applications available for Puppy? I would like to see a list with sources if any.

The ultimate one (sfs) for me would be a Power Point Viewer. So far I have held back from installing all of the Pet packages to have one. I upload ppt and pps to www.zoho.com and still loose presentation items. I noticed that the free Windows Power Point Viewer from Microsoft is a pretty big file. But as an sfs this would be no problem just copying it to the hard drive or whatever storage one is using.

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1642 Location: South Australia

When I run Picasa on Puppy 4.2 Full installation it really gives the CPU a hammering. Most of the time it is running at 100%. It works OK, although a bit slow.

Is there a tip to increase speed or is this a legacy of Wine?

For the people having trouble mounting the Picasa SFS file with a full installation, simply click on the SFS to mount it then copy the directories over from the mounted file to the respective directories on the full install. You might end up with something like /opt/opt/google/picasa but it will still run.