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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: linus72 on July 19, 2009, 08:42:10 AM

Title: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: linus72 on July 19, 2009, 08:42:10 AM

Hello guys
meaning how do I install tce/tcz's if I only have microcore, no desktop
all command line?

can I somehow use apps browser or goota
manually use wget for each one or how?
thanks ;D

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: roberts on July 19, 2009, 10:57:40 AM

Use tce-wget

Examples:

tce-wget opera.tce

tce-wget opera.tcz

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: linus72 on July 19, 2009, 12:01:17 PM

Thank you Roberts

it is as I thought, to be manually done-yes?

I am trying to setup a small microcore server, no x

Is there a way to make a non-X apps browser??

just a thought:)
thanks for all the hard work Team Tinycore

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: mikshaw on July 21, 2009, 07:08:46 AM

Assuming the TC apps browser works similarly to the one in DSL, it uses a simple database.  If that's the case, a shell script could be made to parse the database (downloading/upgrading it with wget if necessary), and use dialog as an interface.

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: jpeters on July 21, 2009, 10:39:27 AM

Quote from: mikshaw on July 21, 2009, 07:08:46 AM

Assuming the TC apps browser works similarly to the one in DSL, it uses a simple database.  If that's the case, a shell script could be made to parse the database (downloading/upgrading it with wget if necessary), and use dialog as an interface.

Example; 'update -g'  uses the dialog box and wget without X, but loads the tce directory instead of the complete database.

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: roberts on July 21, 2009, 11:42:19 AM

Quote from: mikshaw on July 21, 2009, 07:08:46 AM

Assuming the TC apps browser works similarly to the one in DSL, it uses a simple database.  If that's the case, a shell script could be made to parse the database (downloading/upgrading it with wget if necessary), and use dialog as an interface.

There is no database download as was deployed in DSL.

Title: Re: How to use Apps Browser from command line, no X, microcore??
Post by: jpeters on July 21, 2009, 03:41:36 PM

I suppose somebody could create one by downloading all the md5's.    

edit: I just did this with "update" by downloading md5's and then directing it to the md5 folder for viewing/selecting/installing.  

edit: updated "update" to include new install option (update -i {tce,tcz} )