appbrowser - new option request - download with dependencies just to ram

[netnomad]

sometimes i like to try programs that i don't know yet, just to  be curious.
but i don't want to spoil my clean and verified tce/optional-dir with packages,
that i don't need and don't want to have.

a great thing would be the option to install a package with all it's dependecies just to ram,
without saving to tce.

in the moment i have to clean my tce-repository, after trying some stuff...
for little programs it's no problem at all, but if i try a whole desktop like enlightment or xfce, the fun is gone.
perhaps there is a chance to download packages to /tmp and i can decide afterwards,
whether i want to copy them to my tce/optional-dir for keeping the tested packages...

i hope you see these advantages, that the config stays lean and clean,
but we keep flexible to try other packages perhaps just once.

[roberts]

in the moment i have to clean my tce-repository, after trying some stuff...

You should be using AppsAudit or even tce-audit to cleanly remove any apps with their dependencies.

[netnomad]

you are right, i didn't consider that the packages are not just "deinstalled",
they are removed and deleted from tce, too.

but nevertheless, what's about a "real" live-modus based on my backuped config, onboot, ondemand and so on,
and new packages don't need or waste space...
 (i squeeze a really multifunctional flavour-mix on a 1gb-stick and there are only 32mb space left).
sometimes i want to load more than the freespace and there is no way...
perhaps it's sometimes worth to consider...

thank you for your time, advice and help.

[gerald_clark]

It is unusual to hove more RAM to waste than disk.

[vinnie]

you can change the directory written in the file /opt/.tce_dir  to /tmp/tce