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How do I go about installing software to Vector Linux 7.0 from .tar.gz files?

Bigpaws' link is a good one.

edit: I reread your post and saw your main concern is burning up your download limit. Ignore the stricken text and proceed to the instructions for wget ("Code:").
Use the browser you posted here with. Be sure to right-click on the link and choose "save link as" or similar. If that works, you should grab this too:
http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt
Read the md5sum command below to verify your download.

Surest way I know of is open a terminal and:

Code:

mkdir download
cd download
wget -c http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso

The "-c" is for "continue". It's ok to use this on the first attempt; using it on subsequent attempts should allow you to complete an aborted download rather than starting from scratch. The first URL there grabs the md5sum so you can verify your download.

Code:

md5sum -c VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso.md5sum.txt

It should return "VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso OK".

The md5sum.txt file is very, very small, and restarting downloads with wget is cheap as far as data use goes. Of course you'll still use the amount necessary to grab the file, but you should have a good one when you're done. There's a way to try starting with any partial file you have, but I give it a low chance of success and don't suggest it.

edit: Changed my mind. mkdir download, cd download. If you have a partial file (mostly complete from what you said) copy it here. Be sure the name matches. If not,     mv <oldname> VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso       Then do the complete wget and md5sum commands from above.

If the filesize you have is what you say, trying this first will cost very few bytes. If it doesn't work, delete the ISO, take a deep breath, say bye to most of another GB of use, and rerun the wget and md5sum commands. OR: there's a way to lop off the last several bytes of a previous attempt and try again using "dd". If you'd like to try that, post back. I probably won't be here, but someone else will know what I'm saying and send the info.

Good luck, HTH

You did not refer to which VL version you are using. Also
please when referencing a link post it so  we can see what
you are following. I was a little confused  which is your output
and which is the example output.

You referenced this:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
Then say there is no device id. If the above is your output then your address is 12d1:1506

I found this forum post that may help:
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=9443.0

There is a reference to usb modeswitch.

HTH

Bigpaws

I want to install anacron, but VL's default repository doesn't have it. Will someone please point me to a repository I can use?

edit: disregard. I found it on Sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/files/anacron/2.3/

[Question: how do proceed?]

Hi folks, I'm trying to connect to internet using VL.
I have read and tried to follow instructions kindly offered in a sticky on the subject by forum member: easuter, but when I make use of <lsusb>, as per instructions,
I get this output:

Code:

bash-4.2# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b3:310c IBM Corp. Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04b3:3025 IBM Corp. NetVista Full Width Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
bash-4.2#

I'm then told that I should be able to glean from above output information about the chip on my card and an address for the card, as described below:

Code:

Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 1 Device 2: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 1 Device 4: ID 0000:0000
Bus 1 Device 3: ID 083a:4505 Accton Technology Corp.
Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 3 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 4 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 5 Device 1: ID 0000:0000

One can see at once that the author of the advice can indeed obtain the following:
" the really important piece of information is the ID number.
In my case, it is 083a:4505"

But if you compare his output to mine at top of post, you see immediately the difference: to wit: there is no ID number given for my network card.

Question: how do proceed?
thx
Tex (making like a snail surveying its new domain: the Sequoia tree that is Slackware)
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Running Xfce
Pentium 3, Dualcore

Quote:
I have an ocean to drink, therefore there is an ocean
-Sam Beckett

Interesting.. running B0.30 in VB: Both 32 bit and 64 bit show one less processor than what I give the vm.
/proc/cpuinfo starts on processor #1
If I drop the number of allocated processors to just one, cpuinfo starts with processor #0.

Nice bootsplashes!    I almost missed that, since I usually hit F2 to see what is going on.

Is this the link you used?

http://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/vectorlinux/VL64-7.0/iso-release/VL64-7.0.1-STD-FINAL.iso

I just tried the link and downloaded it without any problems. This is the ISO not a torrent.

Open the link above in a browser and it should prompt to save the file.

HTH

Bigpaws

If you want to add swap after installation, it's easy to do with a swapfile. You don't have to worry about changing your disk layout, and it can be adjusted as needed.

Read this guide: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto/

See if this post helps with localization:
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=15475

I tried that, and the end result is -

doctor:$ grep -v ^# /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
WORKINGDIR=/home/ftp/pub/veclinux/packages
EXCLUDE=kernel,kernel-ide,kernel-source,kernel-headers,kernel-modules
SOURCE=http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/packages/
SOURCE=http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/extra/
SOURCE=http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/patches/:OFFICIAL

So what do I do next?