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    Knoppix for dummies.

    I downloaded Knoppix 6.2 primarily for the qtparted utility however the CD does not have it installed. I have download what appears to be the correct file in tar format.
    Question? How do install it into Knoppix?

    Thanks in advance.
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

    #2
    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    I downloaded Knoppix 6.2 primarily for the qtparted utility however the CD does not have it installed. I have download what appears to be the correct file in tar format.
    Question? How do install it into Knoppix?

    Thanks in advance.
    reckon it is installed Paddy, it's too many pot noodles.

    if not try

    sudo apt-get install gparted


    Edit: No you are right Paddy me ole son, it is missing from Knoppix 6.2
    EditEdit: still use the command line from above though, should work.
    Last edited by suityou01; 24 February 2010, 19:01.
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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      #3
      Try the Parted Magic distro if you playing with disk partition, very good bootable CD.

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        #4
        Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
        reckon it is installed Paddy, it's too many pot noodles.

        if not try

        sudo apt-get install gparted


        Edit: No you are right Paddy me ole son, it is missing from Knoppix 6.2
        EditEdit: still use the command line from above though, should work.
        This will ony work if you've installed Knoppix to your hard drive which I don't think many people do as its primarily a live CD making it a bit difficult to install anything Also I don't believe that Knoppix is Debian based which means that apt won't be available but it is still possible to install applications by booting Knoppinx from CD and then using something like toram to load it into RAM and then using klik to install gparted to a USB drive or burn to a CD. Somewhere on the Knoppix site it tells you how to do this
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #5
          Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
          This will ony work if you've installed Knoppix to your hard drive which I don't think many people do as its primarily a live CD making it a bit difficult to install anything Also I don't believe that Knoppix is Debian based which means that apt won't be available but it is still possible to install applications by booting Knoppinx from CD and then using something like toram to load it into RAM and then using klik to install gparted to a USB drive or burn to a CD. Somewhere on the Knoppix site it tells you how to do this
          agree with most of that

          apt should be available in Debian derivatives, such a Ubuntu.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Addanc View Post
            Try the Parted Magic distro if you playing with disk partition, very good bootable CD.
            I have downloaded this and will try it. Thanks.

            qtparted worked very well when I used it some years ago. I tried
            "sudo apt-get install gparted" this week but it was not so good. In fact it trashed the XP partition when I changed the size. I did manage to revover it using my XP Super boot disk.

            Thanks to you all.
            "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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