On Friday 05 April 2019 15:35:53 Michael wrote: > On Friday 05 April 2019 04:53:15 pm William Morder wrote: > > On Friday 05 April 2019 14:04:16 Dave Lers wrote: > > > William Morder wrote: > > > > regarding Michael's suggestion: > > > >Hey Bill, > > > > > > > >I did a very successful Devuan 2 / TDE build by installing NO desktop > > > > in Devuan and then booting and using root prompt to install TDE. > > > > Worked very well, granted you need a second box to be able to read > > > > the commands from or have them in files on the install USB. > > > > > > > >I believe this is most of the files I used, lets see if they attach… > > > > > > > >Do check them against the current TDE wiki, they're possibly stale by > > > > now. > > > > > > > >Best, > > > >Michael > > > >tdedevuan.tar.gz > > > > * I'll definitely check out your packages! > > > > I did try something like this, but installing my TDE system from a root > > prompt (I think you mean the shell that is available in the "expert > > install - no gui" version?) > > Hi Bill, > > Ah, no, not "expert install." A regular install using the Devuan ISO. > > I used this one: > > /devuan/devuan_ascii/installer-iso/ > devuan_ascii_2.0.0_amd64_dvd-1.iso > > Probably overkill, I just wanted something to install the base Devuan with. > > The steps I took were: > > - Make a Devuan USB install stick and copy those files to it (and my > .bashrc, my ~/bin folder, and a bunch else as I needed propitiatory wifi > drivers). - Connect to your router with an Ethernet cable before booting > the Devuan installer. > > In the Devuan install process: > > - Select a mirror (this auto adds the correct Package repositories) > - And in the Software Selection only select: > - - Console productivity > - - Standard system utilities > (Uncheck everything else!) > - Finish Devuan install > - Boot > > - Install TDE through root command line (all you have at this point). > - Boot > > - Presto TDE is the only desktop on the system. > > > as I have a lot of > > packages; sort of my own private repository. > > Stick them on the USB stick? Okay, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by > this. > > Best, > Michael I mean, in my sources.list, rather than the usual URL for repositories online, e.g, deb http://fi.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie main backports backports-sloppy testing I would like instead to be able to point apt-get to a system address, e.g., deb ????://media/trinity/jessie main backports backports-sloppy testing deb ????://media/devuan/jessie main backports backports-sloppy testing but I don't know what to put in place of ???? or http, or even if this will work. And this is just a folder in a hard drive in my desktop; I haven't yet networked my computers here, which will make it even more fun. It can take me hours and hours to download packages when I do a fresh installation; I really would like to be able to get my system back up and running in under an hour ... like I used to be able to do when running Kubuntu Hardy. (Nowadays, a new installation takes a minimum of 5-6 hours, sometimes a couple days if I miss a step.) That was about 2004 or 2005; then I discovered aptoncd, which solved the problem in a different way, and I didn't think about it again until I tried to create DVDs of Devuan and Trinity packages with aptoncd; only to discover, alas, that 1) aptoncd has been removed from the repositories, and 2) the aptoncd package that I have, which still works, will not recognize Trinity packages, but seems to believe that they belong to an older system or another distro, so they are rejected. And this is why I seem to recall that I had set up apt to use a system folder address as my own personal repository. But this was about 15 years ago, when I first started running Linux, so I probably followed some paint-by-numbers guides, and I can't recall all the steps, and also did not save the web page, or cannot find it. This, too, is unusual for me, as I save everything that might be useful later, categorize, organize, etc. If only I could keep my house as orderly as my computer files. Sorry if I ramble on, but it's 4 am here, and this boy needs his sleep. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
