Downloading Extensions outside of Tiny Core?

[Yart]

Hello!

Tiny Core is insanely appealing to me, but the only problem is I can't get online to download extensions from the machine I wish to install Tiny Core on because it uses a wireless card.

Is there a way to download, say, GCC and put it on a thumb drive and transfer it over to the new system? It would be great for compiling my wireless drivers so I can actually use the machine. I can't even install the OS on my system until I can get it on the net.

Thanks!


P.S.: While I'm at it, I can't find any good documentation anywhere on how to install to the hard drive as the only OS (using the whole hard drive). Could someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks again!

[Rich]

Hi Yart
Boot a wired machine with the Tinycore CD, plug in a USB thumb drive, and install your apps. Move
the CD and USB thumb drive to your target machine and boot. When the Tinycore banner comes up
type  tinycore waitusb=10  and hit enter.

There is a hard drive installation guide listed on the home page.

[Yart]

Hey! Thanks for the quick reply!

I thought about that but I have no working wires. Haha! Oops... just a netbook running Windows and my new PC I wanted to slap Tiny Core on. I tried connecting my PC to my netbook and using the netbook's ethernet jack to gain access to the net but the cable is dead.

I'll retry I guess whenever I can get around to buying a new cable. In the meantime, is that really the only solution?


And alright I'll check out the home page. I coulda sworn I looked already. My eyes aren't as sharp as they used to be I'm afraid.


Thanks!

[Rich]

Hi Yart
I've never tried this so no guarantees. Under Windows create a /tce/optional directory on the thumb
drive. Go to the Tinycore repository and download the  .tcz and .dep files of the apps you want into
the /tce/optional directory on the thumb drive. Move the CD and USB thumb drive to your target machine
and boot. When the Tinycore banner comes up type  tinycore waitusb=10  and hit enter. Then use the
AppBrowser app in local mode to install the apps.

[Guy]

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/Installing+TC+-+Alternate+Offline+Guide&structure=Installing+TC

When downloading, include the .dep files, dependencies, and dependencies of dependencies. You must include the .dep file and dependencies for it to work. If you plan to connect the computer to the internet in the future, also include the .md5.txt files for each extension.

Tiny Core now has a file manager and text editor, which makes installation easier. From the terminal type:

fluff
sudo fluff
editor
sudo editor

Put apps you always use in OnBoot, and apps you only use sometimes in OnDemand, using Control Panel -> Apps Audit (only apps, not dependencies).

[Yart]

Aight thanks guys. Those suggestions look like they'll work.

The only problem I have is actually downloading the extensions.

I come here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/tcz/index.html
But there's nothing I can click to actually download them.

I tried the source directory, but it's just the source files.

There's no way I can download any extensions from my Windows machine. In that tutorial I can't get grub-0.97-splash.tcz .

[Jason W]

If you have Cygwin installed and some FAT32 space, you can run this script:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=7243.msg38349#msg38349

meant as a last resort when TC access with the network is not possible.

[vinnie]

One -stupid- solution is use tinycore under virtualbox in windows from usb captured.
you do everything you need and when finished use the stick to boot normally
http://vbox.me/

[Rich]

Hi Yart
Go to the last post of the link provided by Jason W, there is a link to an FTP site.

[Michael Wells]

Hi Yart
Go to the last post of the link provided by Jason W, there is a link to an FTP site.

The above link no longer works ... if you test it you will see it no longer exists at that URL
EDIT: the following link now appears to be working again, so both links now work.
http://ftp.vim.org/metalab/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/tcz/  gives an error message!.

Another URL for ftp to download TC extension 3.x series, on a windows machine for example, is :
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/os/Linux/distr/tinycorelinux/3.x/tcz/

Beware it is a list with 11000+ files and usually becomes unresponsive in a web browser. An ftp client is better suited for this task. On windows, try the command line command: ftp ftp.vim.org from the windows terminal. After you have cd to the correct directory use the ls <*extension-name*> command to list extensions with the app you are looking for and then mget or get <extension-name> to download it. Type lcd to find the local directory where the download arrived at. Type help for more commands or bye to quit. Good luck.

[Rich]

Hi Michael Wells
I tested the link just prior to posting and I got through.

[Yart]

Ah! That link worked. I got to the FTP and downloaded what I needed.

Thanks again guys! I'll try this shortly.


EDIT: That worked!

Now my only problem is getting GCC to compile stuff. I downloaded make and all that but I'm still having trouble compiling stuff.

[maro]

Now my only problem is getting GCC to compile stuff. I downloaded make and all that but I'm still having trouble compiling stuff.

The general answer to this sort of question is: use the 'compiletc.tcz' (meta-)extension. (This response can be found now several times in this forum here, but as we currently don't have a well working search function I'll repeat it here). This way you'll get a known set of tools which should allow you to succeed.

If you are still struggling with having to use offline downloading it might help to mention that 'compiletc.tcz' would install: base-dev, binutils, bison, cloog, diffutils, file, findutils, flex, gawk, gcc, gcc_libs, gmp, gperf, grep, m4, make, mpfr, patch, pkg-config, ppl, and sed

If you still get failures, e.g. when you want to compile something from source via the usual "./configure && make" sequence have a look at the failure message: In most cases you'll just have to add additional "*-dev.tcz" extensions to satisfy dependencies.

[Yart]

Yea I made sure to look around before posting my initial question. I'm bad at spotting things. I apologize.

Alright. Cool. Thanks! I got that and all the dependencies (and all the dependencies for the dependencies and so on... lol).

I tried to compile my driver now but I get

make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.33.3-tinycore/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [LINUX] Error 2

I checked the folder and it's all there except the build directory. Am I missing something still?


On another note, does anyone know if there are drivers already for my PCI D-Link DWA-525 Card? It seems like every Linux I tried it on failed to recognize it, which is why I'm trying to compile them on my own.

[Juanito]

you also need the linux-headers-2.6.33.3-tinycore extension