HD Install :: myDSL Placement

I've been using myDSL on a usb stick by placing myDSL apps into the root of the stick in windows. Now that I've done a HD install, where do I put the myDSL packages so they are installed when I boot up?

Thanks,
Louis

Full harddrive install, or frugal?

If it's a hdinstall, there is no reason to add myDSL apps during boot. Once they are installed they stay in the system permanently.

For frugal, it should work the same as usb...add the myDSL apps to the same drive that contains boot and KNOPPIX. If this doesn't work, try adding mydsl=hd?? to your boot options (in /etc/lilo.conf if you use Lilo), replacing hd?? with the partition on which the apps are stored.

Its a full harddrive install. Once I've installed them, is there a way to uninstall the myDSL app?

You will need to remove the files manually.

For .tar.gz extensions, just delete the "/opt/name_of_package" directory. That will remove everything but menu item, desktop icon, and any user configs you might have in /home/dsl

For .dsl extensions, you'll have to look in the archive to see what's there (tar ztf packagename.dsl), and remove those files. You should be careful with this, though, since there is a possibility that some of these files are in use by other programs.

For .uci extensions, there is no install or uninstall. Since you just mount them, they are simply unmounted to remove them.

What is are .uci/.dsl/.tar.gz the extensions. I think tar and gz have to deal with tars and compression. What exactly is a tarball? I guess these are kinda off topic.

Thanks,
Louis

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