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From: J G Miller on 9 Jun 2010 10:04 On Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 01:08:22h -0700, RayLopez99 asked: > Yes, I would like to try this program. Can you please tell me how to > install it? Abiword is available as a myDSL extension, so you install it through the myDSL extensions framework. Full instructions for how to install software available in the myDSL extensions repository should be consulted at <http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions> A list of all the software available in the myDSL extensions repository is available at <http://distro.ibiblio.ORG/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/>
From: ray on 9 Jun 2010 10:39 On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:08:22 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > On Jun 8, 5:12 pm, J G Miller <mil...(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote: >> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:35:46 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: >> > I also want to install OpenOffice 1.0, which is the only thing that >> > will run on this old hardware... >> >> If you only need to prepare and read documents, have you considered >> abiword instead? >> >> <http://www.abisource.COM/> > > Yes, I would like to try this program. Can you please tell me how to > install it? It would literally be my first Linux program I installed > (other than what I did with RHAT over 10 years ago, which I don't > remember). Would it, for example (I am using default directory names > that came with installation for Damn Small Linux) go under "/sbin"? Do I > log in under 'root' (http://www.linfo.org/root.html), then what, drag > and drop (i.e., copy) the executable binary I download from > abisource.com to what directory? > > Thanks in advance, > > RL Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy.
From: RayLopez99 on 10 Jun 2010 06:41 On Jun 9, 5:39 pm, ray <r...(a)zianet.com> wrote: > Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have > 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big picture) how to do it? "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because it's sooo easy, right?) RL
From: ray on 10 Jun 2010 11:36 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:41:25 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > On Jun 9, 5:39 pm, ray <r...(a)zianet.com> wrote: > >> Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have >> 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. > > well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big > picture) how to do it? > > "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because > it's sooo easy, right?) > > RL I did.
From: Alister Ware on 10 Jun 2010 16:34
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:41:25 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > On Jun 9, 5:39 pm, ray <r...(a)zianet.com> wrote: > >> Hey NoBalls - there is a reason that Linux distributions have >> 'repositories' and 'package managers'. This ain't MS - it's easy. > > well if it's so fucing easy why don't you tell me (not details but big > picture) how to do it? > > "thanks in advance" (I know I won't be hearing from you again, because > it's sooo easy, right?) > > RL Ray seems to have a issue with helping people to learn that the Windoze way is not the only way. most linux distributions have some form of "Package Manager" these enable packages to be downloaded & installed directly from a "Repository" on the internet. if a package is not available in the repository for your distro then an installation file can usually be found in the correct format for your distro. Debian based distros use apt-get as a package manager & .deb files for instalation Red hat (& fedora) use yum as a package manager & the RPM format for packages DSL uses its own form of package management & J G Miller has already given you a link to its documentation page <http://www.damnsmalllinux.ORG/ wiki/index.php/Installing_MyDSL_Extensions> I would suggest that before trying to create an extreme installation ( & squeezing an os into limited hardware is extreme) you might find it beneficial to learn on a more mainstream distro with more up-to date hardware first -- fortune -s linux |