is there a screen magnification software for DL 3-5 and how to instal it (.deb or RPM

craig davidson · 03-06-2009, 08:10 AM

Very new to Linux, swapped over from one of mr gates versions as always get viruses etc, have laptop running puppy and main PC with DL 3.5, i need to use screen magnification software as i am blind as the bat. found one http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/ but it is .deb or .rpm format, and i have no clue how to install such files

indienick · 03-06-2009, 08:34 AM

Actually, you should not need to install anything (unless the Puppy maintainers have separated the packages); available to you, with X (the program that provides the graphical interfaces) there should be a program called "xmag".

To run it, open up a console (syn. "terminal") and type "xmag" (without the quotes).

craig davidson · 03-07-2009, 12:55 PM

here is a good magnifier, but have no clue how to install it, pls help http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/ do i use the deb or rpm want to put it on DL 3.5

indienick · 03-09-2009, 07:33 AM

I would recommend reading this manual for the Puppy install; as for DL (which I am assuming is "Dream Linux"), the .deb file is what you need.

Open up a Terminal/Konsole, and do the following:

Code:

$ wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/magnifier/magnifier_3.2.2-0_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i magnifier*.deb