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Hello again jamison20000e and boughtonp -
Update to my original question.
After looking deeper I have found another Puppy distro, tahrpup 6.0.6 (Linux 3.14.79). This has VLC (2.1.6 Rincewind) pre installed.
So downloaded, made live usb, ran it, popped dvd movie in and hey presto - watched a film through VLC.
Next tried a cd and hey presto - listened to music through VLC.
However, Bionicpup writes the 'save file.sfs' back to the usb it runs from. Meaning it is truely portable from one pc to another.
tahrpup writes the save file (not as .sfs) to the internal hard disk on the pc it is running from. There is no option for usb.
This means that if the tahrpup live usb is used on another pc then everything has to be set up again.
I know, I know, I want this house but in that location.
I could make an install of tahrpup on the internal hard disk, but that rather defeats the object of 'I can use this anywhere'.
The post created quite a bit of interest going by the number of views it had.
So, it is what it is and I am now going to give this post a 'Solved' tag.
Just remains for me to say thanks to you both for giving up your time to give me the results of the searches you made.
With very best regards.
Chelsea80
Hello jamison20000e, boughtonp and kareempharmacist.
I feel that as you took the trouble to help me with options, I should let you know the final result.
After quite a bit of frustration and dead ends I decided to go back to basics.
It was your option boughtonp of Puppy Package Manager that was the logical one. Remembering that I'm not clued up on this OS yet.
And so, after a good look round it, I came up with this:
Applications > Setup > Puppy Package Manager
Auto Install: Category - Multimedia: Repositories: Ubuntu-Bionic-Universe: Package Types - Any Type
In right window scroll down to and highlight VLC_3.0.8 or whatever version is there at the time
Note - All extensions are listed as well if you just want one of those
Puppy will check for enough space then click on Do It!
Above may be of some help to a Bionicpup32 user if they want to have VLC and haven't been able to get it.
Yep, downloaded with all dependents, installed and appears in Multimedai Menu.
Ran commercial CD, home made CD, commercial DVD film, home made DVD film.
So this time the computer says yes.
That song comes to mind - Oh happy days, oh happy days.
Chelsea80
Did you try this command on Bionicpup32 in a terminal?
Code:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install vlc
Highly unlikely to work. Puppy uses its own, unique package management system, and 'apt-get' is definitely NOT a standard part of the Puppy setup...
On top of which, there's the whole business of VLC refusing to run as the 'root' user (Puppy's default mode; remember, this is a 'hobbyist' system, fully intended to be used by those who enjoy cannabilizing their system & re-building it to suit themselves.) VLC CAN be run as the 'spot' user, but this involves a few Puppy-specific scripts to function as expected.
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