PET MAKER - 2.3 - Oct 2014
Trio's utility is great, however, it needs update. I used it to try to install an sfs on a full install of luci-235. Started the operation and left for a few hours. When I returned, not only had the sfs not installed, but it wiped two partitions clean. That bad experience hasn't stopped me from using Petmaker Plus to prepare pets and sfs though. It'd be great if someone updated it's sfs install feature.
Don't use the sfs install feature on the newer distributions.
Jim
Don't use the sfs install feature on the newer distributions.
Jim
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The same exact thing happened to me.Jim1911 wrote:Trio's utility is great, however, it needs update. I used it to try to install an sfs on a full install of luci-235. Started the operation and left for a few hours. When I returned, not only had the sfs not installed, but it wiped two partitions clean. That bad experience hasn't stopped me from using Petmaker Plus to prepare pets and sfs though. It'd be great if someone updated it's sfs install feature.
Don't use the sfs install feature on the newer distributions.
Jim
It wiped all the partitions on the SSD plus it wiped the SD card.
It was pre-loaded in Puppeee.
Jemimah has now removed it.
Note to lucid puppy 5.2 users:
5.2 has the ability to install sfs files out of the box via Quickpet. Read here
It will download an sfs by copy and paste if the sfs link is a direct link to the file or you can install a local sfs from anywhere on your system by drag and drop.
Cheers
5.2 has the ability to install sfs files out of the box via Quickpet. Read here
It will download an sfs by copy and paste if the sfs link is a direct link to the file or you can install a local sfs from anywhere on your system by drag and drop.
Cheers
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Hi,scsijon wrote:have pm's trio as he was on system today and asked if he could update for us, I still consider it the easiest way to try out an application.
hopefully he will reply soon.
I'll see what I can do ... will disassemble PETMAKER_PLUS to just PETMAKER, many people now has many ways of dealing with SFS and so on...and so on .. I have only a little spare time
Trio,
Glad to have you back.
Thanks for the update and for keeping the capability to create an sfs file. It has worked well for me. You may want to rename it PET/SFS MAKER-2.0.
Cheers,
Jim
Glad to have you back.
Thanks for the update and for keeping the capability to create an sfs file. It has worked well for me. You may want to rename it PET/SFS MAKER-2.0.
Cheers,
Jim
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Where can I get the rxvt package which supports the -embed option?trio wrote:v 2.1 - Window unresizable and rxvt embedded in pet maker window
Which system are you using, Trio?
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scottman,
I have only lupu 520 with me, so I can't check, but I'm most certain, it's the same rxvt ....
Edit: or is it not the same rxvt in lupu 520???
Maybe somebody using puppy version older than Lupu can help me check if rxvt can be embedded in the petmaker window? does it still work even if it isn't embbedded or it doesn't work at all
thanks
I have only lupu 520 with me, so I can't check, but I'm most certain, it's the same rxvt ....
Edit: or is it not the same rxvt in lupu 520???
Maybe somebody using puppy version older than Lupu can help me check if rxvt can be embedded in the petmaker window? does it still work even if it isn't embbedded or it doesn't work at all
thanks
Adding Symlinks to Pets created with Petmaker
Hi All,
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but it is possible to include symbolic links (symlinks) in pets created with Petmaker.
I run many of my applications from "Program Folders," that is an entire application --such as Firefox, Iron, and the XP version of Foxit Reader under Wine-- which has been decompressed into a folder outside of the SaveFile. To provide easy access, I then create a script in /my-application/bin which will call the application, and a desktop file which calls the script and creates a menu entry.
I recently tried to do that with XAMPP (formerly LAMPP) but ran into a snag. The entire lampp folder is supposed to be decompressed to /opt and threw up errors when I tried to run it from /mnt/home via a script. Symlinking the folder to /opt avoided the errors, but I thought the symlink couldn't be included in a Pet. But what the heck, no pain, no gain.
So I called up my trusty Petmaker and discovered it was "too smart." When I tried to include the symlink, it took me to the lampp folder.
Ignoring that for the moment, I used Petmaker to include in its build directory all the files I otherwise needed. Then I opened the build directory, right-clicked and created an opt directory. Used my file manager to open a window to /opt, dragged the symlink file from it to the opt folder in the build directory and selected copy. The symlink file copied, but indicated it was broken. Completed making the pet, and then tested it in other Puppies on the computer. They successfully opened the application, which means that once installed the symlink was no longer "broken," i.e. pointing to the wrong location.
Short version: after using Petmaker to include all non-symlink files, open the build directory, manually create the folder structure to hold the symbolic link and copy the symbolic link into it.
Happy computing
mikesLr
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but it is possible to include symbolic links (symlinks) in pets created with Petmaker.
I run many of my applications from "Program Folders," that is an entire application --such as Firefox, Iron, and the XP version of Foxit Reader under Wine-- which has been decompressed into a folder outside of the SaveFile. To provide easy access, I then create a script in /my-application/bin which will call the application, and a desktop file which calls the script and creates a menu entry.
I recently tried to do that with XAMPP (formerly LAMPP) but ran into a snag. The entire lampp folder is supposed to be decompressed to /opt and threw up errors when I tried to run it from /mnt/home via a script. Symlinking the folder to /opt avoided the errors, but I thought the symlink couldn't be included in a Pet. But what the heck, no pain, no gain.
So I called up my trusty Petmaker and discovered it was "too smart." When I tried to include the symlink, it took me to the lampp folder.
Ignoring that for the moment, I used Petmaker to include in its build directory all the files I otherwise needed. Then I opened the build directory, right-clicked and created an opt directory. Used my file manager to open a window to /opt, dragged the symlink file from it to the opt folder in the build directory and selected copy. The symlink file copied, but indicated it was broken. Completed making the pet, and then tested it in other Puppies on the computer. They successfully opened the application, which means that once installed the symlink was no longer "broken," i.e. pointing to the wrong location.
Short version: after using Petmaker to include all non-symlink files, open the build directory, manually create the folder structure to hold the symbolic link and copy the symbolic link into it.
Happy computing
mikesLr
I wish I'd read this earlier today
How different things would be if I'd read this before. The feature I really liked with PetmakerPlus was the pet2sfs option, which had worked well for me before. I was having some Gimp troubles, so installed petmakerplus.pet (I kept the .pet from last time) and while I did get some error message, I didn't understand it, and petmaker appeared in the utility menu, so I went ahead.dougeeebear wrote:The same exact thing happened to me.Jim1911 wrote:Trio's utility is great, however, it needs update. I used it to try to install an sfs on a full install of luci-235. Started the operation and left for a few hours. When I returned, not only had the sfs not installed, but it wiped two partitions clean. That bad experience hasn't stopped me from using Petmaker Plus to prepare pets and sfs though. It'd be great if someone updated it's sfs install feature.
Don't use the sfs install feature on the newer distributions.
Jim
It wiped all the partitions on the SSD plus it wiped the SD card.
It was pre-loaded in Puppeee.
Jemimah has now removed it.
Now I have no root/mydocuments directory, and I don't have the files that were in that directory. I didn't think I'd need to back up for this.
I really like all that trio has done. His work makes some things much easier to work with and makes a duffer like me think I can make things happen. Unfortunately, this one hasn't worked.
If you find my missing files at your place, feel free to send them back.
bones
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Petmaker 2.2
With Trio's approval I hereby release version 2.2.
What I have done is use another base directory, instead of $HOME/my documents I have modified it to use $HOME/make-pet and added script to create it if it's not there.
My wish is to eventually separate source and output directories at another level, but that's the next step.
regards
scsijon
What I have done is use another base directory, instead of $HOME/my documents I have modified it to use $HOME/make-pet and added script to create it if it's not there.
My wish is to eventually separate source and output directories at another level, but that's the next step.
regards
scsijon
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FYi
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keep up the good work.
Petmaker 2.2 works great in TXZ_Pup.
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Petmaker 2.2 is now out.PET MAKER - 2.1 - End of Feb 2011
keep up the good work.
Petmaker 2.2 works great in TXZ_Pup.
3.01 Fat Free / Fire Hydrant featherweight/ TXZ_pup / 431JP2012
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