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QBall2U · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 65 Location: Somewhere, USA

I have downloaded .pup files and when I click on them, nothing happens! I thought that the package installer would handle them or a compression program, at the least, would handle them? I guess I missed something somewhere, telling me what to do with them, after I downloaded them? :/

Thanks for the help,
QBall

battleshooter · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1006 Location: Australia

I guess you're using the latest Puppy? You will need to install the dotpup handler, the Puppy 4xx series is not designed to run dotpup files, replacing them instead with dotpet files. Hope this helps.

Battleshooter

QBall2U · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 65 Location: Somewhere, USA

Thanks battleshooter...I think that that will do the trick! I am using Puppy v4.20 (sorry, I should have stated that fact in my previous post).

Thank you very much,
QBall

Lobster · Posted: Sat 11 Apr 2009, 02:15 Post subject:

they are the older system but may work in 4.2
Try pup2pet nameof.pup nameof.pet to convert
from the commandline

QBall2U · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 65 Location: Somewhere, USA

Lobster · Posted: Sun 12 Apr 2009, 03:11 Post subject:

assume no dependencies

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

dotpuphandler works just fine in 4.2.