> On Sep 25, 2019, at 12:41 AM, dps <christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That most definitely provided some clarification! Thank you! > Just to clarify: when I install a program, say from fdimples, a text file I > created and placed in the PACKAGES directory, and from there I am view it > with my editor of choice?
Correct. > Can I move these programs around? Or would moving the executables without > the rest of whatever is in the directory cause some dependency issues? The list file is used by package managers to remove the installed files. If you were to just move the program to a new directory, you would need to manually uninstall it. Also, there may be settings in an application’s configuration that are set to use the installed location. > Maybe I could circumvent this by finding the program that I want to execute, > an creating the freeDOS equivalent of a bash script, or maybe a shortcut to > my programs on the home directory? It is possible to write a script or executable utility that can relocate a package. It would need to update the list to the new location for the files. Under some conditions, this is more or less one of things that the installer for FreeDOS 1.2 does during installation. Just adjusting the LST file won’t take care of any “hard coded” configuration settings in any applications. However, generally speaking, it could move the program and the user could make any additional configuration changes by hand. >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 10:32 PM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: >> As for ... where is that stuff I installed? >> >> There are a couple ways. >> >> 1) while in FDIMPLES, you can TAB down to the description area. Then scroll >> down to see a list of files in the package and there path information. Some >> paths are translated and changed durin mg installation. So, this is not >> exact, but with a little knowledge, you can easily figure out where things >> will go. >> >> 2) once a package has been installed a simple text file is created with all >> the files and directories that were installed. Generally, this file is used >> to uninstall packages. It is located in e %DOSDIR%\PACKAGES directory. So >> for example you want to know where PGME is installed. You could issue the >> following command... >> >> Type %DOSDIR%\PAGKAGES\PGME.LST | more >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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