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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Dr Noodle on July 01, 2009, 02:04:59 AM

Title: What package format does tiny core use and how do i install packages
Post by: Dr Noodle on July 01, 2009, 02:04:59 AM

What package format does tiny core use and how do i install packages that i have downloaded on another computer and put on a usb?

Title: Re: What package format does tiny core use and how do i install packages
Post by: alu on July 01, 2009, 02:47:56 AM

.tce and .tcz (save ram) packages. you have to put your packages on a usb stick (for example) and to plug the usb stick in the computer where you have tc running. then install them with appbrowser or start an aterm and type:

tce-load /where/your/package/is

Title: Re: What package format does tiny core use and how do i install packages
Post by: Friedl on July 01, 2009, 02:52:05 AM

Quote from: Dr Noodle on July 01, 2009, 02:04:59 AM

What package format does tiny core use

TinyCore uses two different package types: .tce (gzipped tar files) and .tcz (cramfs or ziofs compressed mountable images). See http://tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html (http://tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html) for a description of these types and the wiki for an instruction how to create new ones and submit them to the official repository: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-index.php?page=Creating+Extensions (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-index.php?page=Creating+Extensions)

Quote from: Dr Noodle on July 01, 2009, 02:04:59 AM

and how do i install packages that i have downloaded on another computer and put on a usb?

To install .tce packages from outside the official repository, start the appbrowser then click on "File->Install Local". For local .tcz files: these are not really "installed" at all, you just have to copy them into your "Persistent Personal Repository" (PPR).

This mixed up extension concept is quite flexible but a little bit confusing for beginners. I have to admit that I do not have a good understanding of this PPR either, so I really do hope that some day someone will draw some nice pictures and add them to the "Tiny Core Concepts" page so that those who learn with their eyes have a better chance to understand the difference between these "modes of operation".

Title: Re: What package format does tiny core use and how do i install packages
Post by: Guy on July 01, 2009, 01:08:41 PM

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how do i install packages that i have downloaded on another computer and put on a usb?

You can paste them to the "tce" folder, and reboot the computer for them to be loaded.

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