Tiny Core Linux
General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: bmarkus on March 02, 2010, 03:56:33 AM
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On page http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/ last menu item is
'Download Howto Using Appbrowser'
It indicates a download link, that something will be downloaded when click. Would be good to change to
'Howto manage extensions with Appbrowser'
or something like that.
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I agree. Furthermore, it might be nice to have a link directing people to a location from which they can download extensions without using Appbrowser.
Users without acccess to an ethernet connection may need to download some extensions (particularly those necessary to establish a wifi connection). Here is the relevant link, I believe:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz_backup/
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No, the link is http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz (http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz) then the extension name, for example emelfm.tcz
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tcz_backup was the backup used when last converting the repo, I will remove it.
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tcz_backup was the backup used when last converting the repo, I will remove it.
So in that case there is NO place to download extensions without using appbrowser. Is that what you want?
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When I do to--
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/emelfm.tcz
I get this response
Not Found
The requested URL /pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/emelfm.tcz was not found on this server.
Apache Server at distro.ibiblio.org Port 80
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That's because it should be:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/emelfm.tcz (http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/emelfm.tcz)
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Thanks.
Note that when you click on the address you listed previously--
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz
you are actually taken to--
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/
which is why it didn't work when I added emelfm.tcz at the end, as instructed. I didn't realize that the link I was given would take me to the wrong link.
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We do discourage using a web browser to download extensions, mostly for issues with dependencies that arise. But if you must grab extensions while running another distro to get a network connection set up, then I posted a little script in the programming and scripting section that should make it easier.
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Excellent! I will test it and then try to draft something for the wiki so that people with netbooks and no ethernet line know what to do. I'll make sure that I try to get your input on whatever I come to write.