Most recent edit on 2007-11-27 20:42:10 by Wosh
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Edited on 2007-03-20 08:30:53 by BostonVaulter
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Since DotPups are so unofficial there are many different repositories of them. If you want an automated way of looking at it you should dry MU's excellent PSI∞ (Puppy Software Installer). Another main place to check is http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups/∞ Also check these forum links old∞ and new∞
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Since DotPups are so unofficial there are many different repositories of them. If you want an automated way of looking at it you should dry MU's excellent PSI∞ (Puppy Software Installer). Another main place to check is http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups/∞
Edited on 2007-03-19 04:22:04 by BostonVaulter
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Other Sources of DotPup Files
WARNING: These DotPups have been created by Puppy users and are not officially part of Puppy Linux, and the Puppy Linux project can not be responsible for the use of these programs. It is even possible that one or more of these program could result in loss of data or even damage to your system. Use any of these programs at your own risk.
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click for Puppy Master GuestToo's DOTPUPS
WARNING: These DotPups have been created by Puppy users and are part of Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux is not responsible for the use of these programs. It is even possible that one or more of these program could result in loss of data or even damage your sanity. Use any of these programs at your own risk. Be brave. Woof, Woof.
"Thank you BarryK and your team of volunteers for the fine work you are doing with this one of a kind distro and all the wonderful .pup applications" - Freedom (forum name)
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2005-10-26 13:32:18 by BarryDavidKauler []
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Puppy Master GuestToo's DOTPUPS
WARNING: These DotPups have been created by Puppy users and are part of Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux is not responsible for the use of these programs. It is even possible that one or more of these program could result in loss of data or even damage your sanity. Use any of these programs at your own risk. Be brave. Woof, Woof.
"Thank you BarryK and your team of volunteers for the fine work you are doing with this one of a kind distro and all the wonderful .pup applications" -
Freedom (forum name)
DotPup becomes part of Puppy
From version 1.0.1 of Puppy there will be two software installers in Puppy:
PupGet allows the installation and uninstallation of the complete
PuppyUnleashed series of programs
DotPup allows Puppians to create simple software installer scripts for the community
You Lucky People!
What's in a DotPup File?
A
DotPup file is basically a single zip file. (I chose zip instead of tar.gz because servers often have the mime settings for gz files set to txt/html, which can corrupt the file when it downloads). In the zip file are whatever files you like. There should be a file called md5sum.txt, to verify the file integrity of whatever files you want verified. There should be a file called dotpup.sh, which will be automatically executed.
A script to make a
DotPup file might have lines like this in it:
md5sum dotpup.sh > md5sum.txt
md5sum -b *.gz >> md5sum.txt
md5sum my-program/* >> md5sum.txt
zip -r -9 my-dotpup.pup dotpup.sh md5sum.txt *.gz my-program/*
So when you click the
DotPup file, the integrity of the zip file will be tested (unzip -t) ... it will be unzipped ... md5sum.txt will be checked (md5sum -c) ... and dotpup.sh will be run.
The current version of
DotPup runs dotpup.sh only if you click a button.
With Windows, you can download a file, for example,
java-installer.exe, and click it to run the installer.
With Puppy you can set up an installer package, for example,
java-installer.zip, which can be downloaded and unzipped and run. If the file associations are setup properly in Rox (they often are not), all you have to do to unzip the file is click it ... but the TkZip windows that pops up could be a little confusing, you have to click about 6 different buttons to unzip the file. Opening an rxvt window and typing
tar xzvf java-installer.tar.gz would be easier ... but still confusing to a Windows refugee.
If you setup a file association in Rox for dot pup files (for example,
java-installer.pup), then all a person has to do is download the file and click it to run it. You could do that anyway, but doing it this way, it's as simple as a Windows
installer.exe file, and no problems with permissions.
Setting up a file association in Rox is trivially easy for an installer script. Once it's setup, all you have to do to automatically run a dot-pup package is download it and click it.
Once dot-pup is installed, it could be used to install the latest version of dot-pup ... for example, download
dotpup-002.pup and click it to install.
- Should there be an Unzip button ... or should DotPup just unzip the file without asking?
- I don't think it should run dotpup.sh automatically without asking ... but it could
- It creates and uses a tmp dir /root/DotPupTmpDir
- it's unlikely a Puppy installation would already be using a dir with that name
- It could have used the dir that the DotPup file was in, but:
- that dir could have been vfat, and you might have permissions and symlink problems
- that dir could have spaces in the name, which might cause problems
- /root/DotPupTmpDir will be clean with no other files and dirs that might cause problems
- disadvantage: /root might not have enough free space
It just makes installing (or uninstalling) stuff trivially easy ... one click and it's installed.
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