I just installed Freemacs using FDIMPLES. It gets installed into
*C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS* as you indicated.
Here is my *DIR /W*:
Volume in drive C is FREEDOS2016
Volume Serial Number is 2174-170A
Directory of C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS
[.] [..] ABBREV.MIN ABBREV1.MIN ABBREV2.MIN
ABBREV3.MIN ASM.MIN BOOT.MIN BYTEC.MIN C.MIN
COPYING.DOC DABBREV.MIN DIRED.MIN EMACS.EXE FORTRAN.MIN
FREEMODE.MIN GREP.MIN INFO.MIN KEYS.MIN LISP.MIN
MINTED.MIN MOUSE.MIN README.1ST README.DOC RMAIL.MIN
USER.MIN _BUFFERS.MIN _CASE.MIN _COMPILE.MIN _FILE.MIN
_HELP.MIN _HISTORY.MIN _INDENT.MIN _INPUT.MIN _KBDMACR.MIN
_KEYS.MIN _KILLS.MIN _MODES.MIN _MOVE.MIN _PARAS.MIN
_RECTANG.MIN _REGISTE.MIN _SEARCHE.MIN _STARTUP.MIN _TRANSPO.MIN
_UNCLASS.MIN _UTILS.MIN _VARIABL.MIN _WINDOWS.MIN 47
file(s) 335,805 bytes
2 dir(s) 215,474,176 bytes free
Just CD to that directory and you can run emacs.
There's another question about why Freemacs gets installed under the DOC
directory, but we'll fix that path in FreeDOS 1.3. In the meantime, I moved
my *C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS* to *C:\FREEMACS*
Jim
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:18 AM dps <christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
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