Ok so when I installed FREEMACS via FDIMPLES, I tabbed down to the info panel and it shows a ton of different directories in which I'm guessing that the program itself and it dependencies are located. I see that there is a .exe file titled emacs.exe, that has the path of 'c:\fdos\doc\progs\emacs.exe'. I have searched and searched for the progs directory, and I have even tried going through all of the other directories trying to find it, but there is not one to be found. Why would this be? Am I missing something?
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 9:15 AM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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