There are different ways of installing programs which are described below. Before an installation it is advisable to backup the pup_save.2fs-file. So you can restore the file, if something goes wrong with the installation.
First start an Internet-connection "Menu | Network | Roaring Penguin PPPoE ADSL" (see chapter 5)
Then you start the program "Menu | Setup | Puppy package manager". In the window that appears you click on the second button.
A new window opens.
Click on the first button ("Click the button to choose and install an official PET package..").
A new window appears.
On the left side you can see all available programs. On the right side are the programs already installed (at the beginning this list is empty). Now select in the left list the program which should be installed and click on the button "Add" between the two lists. This transfers the program into the right list. Then you click on the "OKAY" button and the program will be installed.
The search for a program, which cannot be installed as an official PETget (see chapter 7.1), should begin in the Puppy-Forum. There is a category called "Additional Software", where you can find many programs to download. The installation is easy using a PETget-program (see chapter 7.2.1) or DotPup-program (see chapter 7.2.2). In addition Debian programs can be installed too (see chapter 7.2.3).
In addition to the official PETget-programs the Puppy-community offers further PETget-programs at the Puppy-Forum. Download the PETget-file and then start "Menu | Setup | Puppy package manager".
Click on the second button. A new window opens.
Click on the second button. A new window opens.
Choose the PETget-file and click the OK-button.
DotPups are programs for Puppy Linux, made by Puppy users. Download the DotPup-file from the Puppy-Forum (or another Internet site) and click - in the file manager ROX and with the left mouse button - on the file. A window opens:
Click on the button "Unzip". Now a warning message appears.
Click on the "Run" button. Now the program will be installed. After the installation you are asked wether you want to delete the file or not.
If you want to keep the DotPup-file you click on the button "No". Otherwise you click on the button "Yes".
Debian covers an enormous software range with approximately 15,000 programs. The installation of Debian programs in Puppy is for advanced Linux users only, who are familiar with Debian programs and dependency between the programs.
First you install the PupGet program pb_debianinstaller (see chapter 7.1).
Now you can download programs from the Debian Internet site. There are three versions: stable, testing and unstable. If you do not need the newest program-versions, I recommend a program from stable, because the stable programs were tested intensively and are in principle error free.Download the Debian program. Subsequently, you start a shell and enter the following command:
Many Debian programs presuppose that other Debian programs are installed on your PC too. The installer examines whether all necessary programs are installed. If not the installer indicates, which programs are missing. Abort the installation and download the missing programs from the Debian Internet site. Install these programs (they can have further dependencies, so you may have to download still more programs from Debian). At last you can install your program.
Start the program "Menu | Setup | Puppy package manager".
Click on the second button. A new window opens.
Click on the first button. You get another window:
On the left side you can see all programs available. On the right side you see the programs already installed. Mark in the right list the program, which you would like to deinstall. Click on the button "Remove" between the two lists. Afterwards you press the button "OK".
Programs, which are on the Puppy CD-ROM, can not be deinstalled. But you can delete these programs from the menu (see chapter 8.2).