Adding repos to fossa64 9.5 - what is best?

[galen]

Is ppa2pup the best way or adding to sources?

[rockedge]

@galen I think using pkg in a terminal would be the easiest method to add a repo:

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pkg add-repo  <PPA goes here>

I am not at a computer to double check the syntax (in a terminal):

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pkg help

[bigpup]

You do know that all the specific Fossapup64 9.5 repositories are already loaded in Puppy Package Manager(PPM) and pkg.

What repos are you wanting to add and why?

[galen]

Wanting to add fossa back ports

And also test if sparky Linux nibiru buster 10 could be used temporarily to install riseup VPN

[bigpup]

What exactly are you calling fossa back ports?

[galen]

Fossa back ports repo
Nothing did show up, after LTS expires I think some debs will be addec

[mikeslr]

Per rockedge's reference to pkg, see this thread: https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=328.

Installing, then using pkg, is much easier than trying to add repos to Puppy Package Manager.

But see also mistfire's fork of pkg named pkg2, viewtopic.php?t=5367

[rockedge]

UPDATE! This broke pkg....use caution....it needs some experimentation

@galen pkg is built in Fossapup64 and F96-CE_4. It is a good idea to upgrade to pkg2.

This is the command in a terminal that will add the Focal-backport repo.

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pkg add-repo http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

At both prompts press Enter key.

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[galen]

don't use pkg2 on fossa
it will wreck, wipe
/etc/pkg
it will corrupt and overwrite
/var/local/pkg/pkgrc

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WORKDIR=/root/pkg
REPONAME=//ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/puppylinux/pet_packages-noarch/
EX=http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-noarch/
REPOFILE=
REPOURL1=
REPOURL2=common32 common64
REPOURL3=

so that badly breaks pkg, gpgk, pkgdialog ...

I removed pkg2 and
config files are now ok

[galen]

Are there more repos I could add for fossa?

root# pkg rfl
Packages-puppy-noarch-official
Packages-puppy-common64-official
Packages-puppy-xenial64-official
Packages-ubuntu-xenial-main
Packages-ubuntu-xenial-multiverse
Packages-puppy-tahr64-official
Packages-ubuntu-trusty-main
Packages-ubuntu-focal-restricted
Packages-ubuntu-zesty-universe
Packages-ubuntu-zesty-multiverse
Packages-ubuntu-raring-main
Packages-ubuntu-raring-universe
Packages-ubuntu-raring-multiverse
Packages-ubuntu-focal-universe
root# pkg rl
noarch
common64
xenial64
xenial-main
xenial-multiverse
tahr64
trusty-main
focal-restricted
zesty-universe
zesty-multiverse
raring-main
raring-universe
raring-multiverse
focal-universe
root#

[rockedge]

@galen The repo list looks good.
I can confirm pkg2 breaks the system. On F96-CE_4 reverted back to the original from here -> https://gitlab.com/sc0ttj/Pkg/-/archive ... ter.tar.gz and ran the installer script.

Now adding repos works again as expected. I add in ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-master using pkg when I need to install ZoneMinder for experimentation.

For fun I attached 2 scripts that will completely install Zoneminder on Fossapup64 or F96-CE_4 If interested check them out they use pkg to do the heavy work.

[bigpup]

Not sure what you really are wanting to do.

I assume have more places to find software to add to Fossapup64 9.5.

you would be better off moving on to using a much newer version of Puppy.

Just because you can access these repos and download from them, is no guarantee the software is going to run.

The Puppy specific repos a much better chance software will work in Fossapup64 9.5
Packages-puppy-noarch-official
Packages-puppy-common64-official
Packages-puppy-xenial64-official
Packages-ubuntu-xenial-main
Packages-ubuntu-xenial-multiverse
Packages-puppy-tahr64-official

If you have not seen this you need to read it:
viewtopic.php?t=1819