Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: marcopolo1981 on November 03, 2009, 01:34:09 PM
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Hi all.
I was just wondering if it was possible to download the full repo so that it can be accessed without internet.
I know each package can be installed once in the live environment, but I only have wireless and TC doesn't want to connect to anything.
Is there an apt-on-cd equivelant for this distro?
TIA
Mark
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The application browser has a local install option that can install from any mounted device.
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I was just wondering if it was possible to download the full repo so that it can be accessed without internet.
I wanted to try this myself, but I couldn't find a list of all the extensions in the repo. So I made one as follows:
1. Point your browser to ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/
2. Select all the text and copy it to a file named templist.
3. Open templist and delete the first four lines.
4. Run this command: cat templist | cut -f 1 > extlist
This will make a file named extlist containing a complete list of all the files in the repo.
5. To download them in a batch, use this little script:
#!/bin/sh
LIST=`cat extlist`
for L in $LIST; do
wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/$L
done
OR
If you don't need the support files (.list, .info, .md5.txt), ignore Steps 1-4 and use this script instead:
#!/bin/sh
tce-fetch.sh info.lst
LIST=`cat info.lst`
for L in $LIST; do
wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/$L
wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/$L.dep 2> /dev/null
done
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Here is my getrepo.
Put it in the directory you want to save your repo, and run it.
#!/bin/bash
getrepo() {
echo "getting $1$2"
lftp -e "open $1 && mirror --delete -c $3 $2 && exit"
}
MIRROR=distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux
mkdir 2.x 2>/dev/null
cd 2.x
getrepo "ftp://$MIRROR/2.x/" "tcz" "-x src -x temp"
getrepo "ftp://$MIRROR/2.x/" "release"
getrepo "ftp://$MIRROR/2.x/" "release_candidates"
getrepo "ftp://$MIRROR/2.x/" "archive"
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I was just wondering if it was possible to download the full repo so that it can be accessed without internet.
I know each package can be installed once in the live environment, but I only have wireless and TC doesn't want to connect to anything.
You can install Tiny Core without being connected to the internet.
[removed due to policy violation]/install.html
You can install programs without being connected to the internet.
[removed due to policy violation]/install-programs.html
If you use this method, you only need to install extension(s) you need to connect to the internet, to get it working. Then you can use the regular method for everything else.
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here's a little gem for downloading a list of the contents of the repo.
tce-fetch.sh info.lstThat will download the list for the default repo (tce for TC/MC < 2.4, tcz for TC/MC >= 2.4)
You can also specify which repo by adding the repo name to the end of the command like so.
tce-fetch.sh info.lst tce
tce-fetch.sh info.lst tcz
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tce-fetch.sh info.lst
That's handy, but I notice that info.lst does not contain the names of the .dep files. You would probably want them too if you were making a local copy of the repo. I believe that tce-load looks for a .dep file if you install an app locally.
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It is true that tce-load will attempt to use the dep file if found locally. You could have your download script try to download a the dep, and continue gracefully if none found.
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You could have your download script try to download a dep, and continue gracefully if none found.
Excellent idea. I will update the script in my first post.
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You should retrieve the info, list and md5 files as well (dont want appbrowser to appear broken). And to be safe, run an md5 check to ensure the download was good, may setting a flag inside a loop to redownload if md5 check failed.
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Thanks everyone for the advice and scripts.
I will try to do this over the weekend and post back.
Mark
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[removed due to policy violation]/install.html
[removed due to policy violation]/install-programs.html
1. The informations from this sites should be in TCL Wiki.
2. How big is tce repository?
[^thehatsrule^: fixed quote]
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The 2.x TCZ repo is currently about 1.3gb.
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Users are encouraged to contribute to the wiki. If you feel up to the task, please go right ahead! :)