myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: MyDsl applications

Is it possible to make my own .dsl application? Say... I wanna make amsn or.. hmmm licq .dsl
I have 0.73 in HD and I've apt-get installed licq how can I make an licq.dsl for future using?

There are different ways to do this posted in the forum. Your best bet is using cbagger's deb2dsl script. Do a search in the forum. The script works perfectly. We have found that it is best to copy the script into something like Scite using Firefox. Using Dillo seems to corrupt. Good luck.

Chris

Quote (clivesay @ July 30 2004,09:08)

Thumbs up! It works!!!!!!
Deb2dsl works Firefox works Dillo does not!
Thanks

This is perhaps a stupid question, but as I've never let that stop me before

, here goes:

If I install DSL to the hard drive, is there any benefit/difference to using .dsl extensions over traditional .debs? Do/Will .dsl extensions download and install to the hard drive?

Finally, has anyone tried to tackle making a .dsl for Scribus? Just curious. Thanks.

Walt
walt_h {at} myrealbox {dot} com

Extensions are "designed" to run in the LiveCD or Frugal types of installs...
This gives those users benefits similar to a HDInstall, such as adding apps, themes, skins, etc...
without the overhead to the ramspace a normal application install would use....

In some cases, they are used successfully in HDInstalls...

DSL suggests that the package manager apt-get be used for HDInstalls...
Apt-get handles and keeps track of installed packages and dependencies,
where using DSL extensions offers none of these benefits...

You also get the docs, man pages, help files, and other things that are
usually stripped out of the extension version in favor of decreased memory usage and minimum ramspace usage...
Upgrades are easy, as the apt-get system does a fine job of tracking changes...

73
ke4nt

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