Re: [Trinux-talk] newbie to trinux

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

> I am using the cdrom version and have the
> basic packages already installed. I did pull
> in a few additional ones and used "getpkg <name>"
> to both retrieve and install it over the network.
> Since the package is installed on ramdisk, I am
> not sure if you want to dl and install all the packages.
> In my case, I ran out of space on one of the packages.
> I guess I need to remove something to install more.
> If you are storing the packages on a disk, then I guess
> you would just go to the DL site (mirror) and get them that
> way. I am not sure what command you would use to get it
> installed from a partition or floppy. Still learning

If you are booting from a floppy, just modify /etc/tux/config/pkglist for
non-kernel packages and /etc/tux/config/kpkglist

Then run save-config copy the changes to the floppy.


For loading packages from a partition (you have to be in the directory
where the packages are located)

pkgadd <name>

Another undocumented feature  :(

- mdf

> ....
> 
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:58:43AM -0700, yarddog wrote:
> > Hello, I have just installed trinux last night. I had to change the
> > source for the basic pkgs. My question is how do I download the rest of
> > the pkgs and install like the basic pkgs. Is there a command to do this?
> > 
> 
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> Bill
> Amsterdam, NL
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Matthew Franz                 mf...@ci...
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