I have found that Knoppix looks at
KNOPPIX/usr/share/knx-live-inst/modules to find new programs to
install but obviously this is on the cdr, so how do I tell KNOPPIX
where to look for a program which I want to install from a hard drive?

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On 12 Dec 2004 04:35:29 -0800, Steve North
<clangers_snout@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I have found that Knoppix looks at
> KNOPPIX/usr/share/knx-live-inst/modules to find new programs to
> install but obviously this is on the cdr, so how do I tell KNOPPIX
> where to look for a program which I want to install from a hard drive?

dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb


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> I have found that Knoppix looks at
> KNOPPIX/usr/share/knx-live-inst/modules to find new programs to install
> but obviously this is on the cdr, so how do I tell KNOPPIX where to look
> for a program which I want to install from a hard drive?

Once Knoppix is installed to hdd, then for all practical purposes it is
the same as any other DEB based distro. You use the same tools that you
would for a Debian system...

To update the package list
apt-get update

To upgrade the installed packages
apt-get dist-upgrade

To install a single deb package
dpkg -i <package>

You can also take advantage of advanced tools and frontends for
maintaining and upgrading your system like KPackage (gui) and aptitude
(cli).

HTH

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