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noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

Right now, there is a problem: it's challenging to find dot pets for new users. While most users on the forum can find them easily, it's hard for someone to find the latest version of the program they want that is compatible with their Puppy.

To solve this problem, I created PPMo (Puppy Package Manager online), which can be added to by anyone, and give users a way to get the latest version, or find new ones.

So far, I haven't found any bugs. If you want to help test, you can get an account by PM-ing me.

Anyway, the site is here. I hope I get a few testers. Suggestions are always welcome, also!

This could effectively replace PPM, due to the need for Internet to download the packages.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2201 Location: UK

this looks really good... it would be great once full of packages..

I'm gonna start adding some stuff to it soon Smile

harii4 · Posted: Tue 14 Dec 2010, 19:21 Post subject:

Suggestion: wish there was an puppy 3 spot.
i like the Puppy Package Manager online anyway. Very Happy

emil · Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 547 Location: Austria

I tried to add a package, but after typing everything in and trying to save it said

invalid username and password

Did I miss something?
emil

morgonzola · Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 160 Location: Los Angeles, CA

this
is
delicious

great find

i have a bunch of cli pets here

HOWEVER some of them need dependencies and such so i don't wanna upload them yet

im gonna have to ask the couple of people who have tested them to tell me what they needed

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

harii4: added.

emil: You can PM me if you want a username.

harii4 · Posted: Mon 20 Dec 2010, 20:22 Post subject:

I hope this takes off better than the "petstore" did.
http://www.puppyspace.org/pstore/series3.html

TheAsterisk! · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 399 Location: SE Wisconsin, US

Maintained properly, this could be a truly great resource. Like the forum search without all the crud and false-positives.
I think I'd like to give it a shot. I'll send you a PM, noryb009.

EDIT: The field "package name" seemed redundant given the format of the example, so I instead used the actual package name. Let me know if that is improper or creates difficulties.

A suggestion: It might be useful to have a field for the relevant forum thread. Many of the more interesting packages have dependencies that vary between Puppy versions, and thread posts can explain this quite well. (They can also warn of quirks, qualify if ideally universal binaries have only been tested in certian versions, etc.).

Saturn · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 146

not to put you down nory, as i appreciate your work but,
I just brought a script that can do this among other things like do a web ring

perhaps this can organize the community a bit?

your more than welcome to become a admin of the script if you would like

and I might need some help intergrating it into the CMS, not sure yet

But let me know if your still busy

Thanks,

With much regards,
Saturn

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

There's been no bugs reported, so I'll just move this to stable.

rokytnji · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 762 Location: Pecos/ Texas

Had problems running pianobar in GrumpyWolfes and Big Mikes Puppy forks based on quirky and T2.

Fixed by GrumpyWolfes faad.pet . Can be found at

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64138&start=90

Direct Link below.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mywolfe/files/Pet-files-F/faad2-2.7-V3-wolfe.pet/download

My uploaded pet made by GrumpyWolfe Below. Your pianobar.pet morgonzola in http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62581 is what I use for pianobar.

Happy Trails, Rok

abushcrafter · Joined: 30 Oct 2009 Posts: 1447 Location: England

What about releasing the source code under the GPLv3 (Current version.)?

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

abushcrafter: I gave it out to someone on IRC before (I forget who), but I'll upload it to this thread soon.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2201 Location: UK

noryb009 · Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 512

Here is the source code, you can do anything with it. (Even take over the world... not sure how it would help you.)

Please note: you should NOT create another online PPMo. The whole reason behind PPMo is to organize the .pet s on the internet. If you make another PPMo, it will defeat that purpose. However, if you want to put one online, PM me with a reason and I might allow it.