This applies to PPM V2. Yours may be slightly different.
Puppy Package Manager(PPM) has many options that are helpful and make PPM work much better.
The PPM default setup is very simple and a lot of options are not used.
However, you can make PPM work the way you want it to work, by simply changing the option settings.
PPM>Configure Package Manager>Options
Options are just that, options for how PPM looks and does things.
Some seem simple to understand, but others you may not understand what they do.
Here are some of the more useful ones, but all are good options to consider.
Show Info with Configuration changes as startup:
This will make an info window show when you start PPM.
This window will inform you of what options are selected.
At first, you may not see usefulness in this info, but without going to options setup,
you will not know what some settings are.
It is a good reminder.
Use traditional, non-auto, user interface:
This causes PPM to use the traditional display.
This may seem like something to not want, but it allows you to see exactly what is going to happen.
Especially usefull if you want to see exactly what dependency files/programs are going to be installed.
Also gives you option to not install something or stop at any time during the download/install process.
Really need to try it, to see all that it offers.
Install to tmpfs instead of the save file, till session is saved:
The idea behind this option was to allow a program to be installed, but not in the save.
You could see how it works. If not so good, uninstall it.
At no time did it ever get into the save.
Do not delete downloaded packages after installation:
Normally the original package is downloaded, installed, and deleted.
Only the install is present and you would need to redownload the original package.
Selecting this option will allow you to keep the original package you download.
Keeping a copy of the original package, allows you to save it or use again, without having to redownload.
Save PKGs in:
This gives you the option of choosing location to save downloaded packages.
Use verbose method during update of package database:
This makes you have to say yes or no to doing an update of each specific repository database.
Useful if you just want to download from one specific repository and do not care about updating all others.
Note:
Always update the database in PPM before you try to install anything.
These repositories are constantly getting new or updated program packages.
PPM is going to show you the info from the last time the database was updated.
Stuff in the repositories may have changed.
