if [ $USER = root -o $UID -eq 0 ]
then
echo Please run this script as an ordinary user
echo it will acquire root privileges as it needs them via \"sudo\".
exit
fi
If it still complains, then probably something with: $UID -eq 0
I'm sure there's someone here who knows a workaround..
You have no idea how many times over the past many years I have tried to install apps not specifically built for Puppy.
It never works and always makes a mess ... usually either because someone forgot to tell me a minor step, which they assumed I knew, or because I missed something obvious - or not so obvious. Sigh.
I probably have 5 or more projects on hold because I cannot get apps to play nicely with Puppy ...
Seeing this feast of wonderful code spread in front of me as a working system was a much more powerful experience than merely knowing, intellectually, that all the bits were probably out there. It was as though for years I’d been sorting through piles of disconnected car parts - only to be suddenly confronted with those same parts assembled into a gleaming red Ferrari, door open, keys swinging from the lock and engine gently purring with a promise of power…
— Eric S. Raymond
Doc- really.. if you have some experience, why not run something like Frugalware?
I have Exprimo running on 2 Netbooks and 5 laptops in the family and would rather not have to keep track of the peculiarities of more than one distro.
Exprimo has bridged the gap from older Panasonic Toughbooks (CF-28 & CF-29), to a MSI Netbook, a Z500 Laptop, a Samsung NB30 Netbook, and several year old Acers and Dell.
I have been watching Precise but think that may be optimized for newer computers.
I read elsewhere that SDR-RTL support may be in the newer Kernel -- still don't know if build-gnuradio will be OK there or if someone familiar with Puppy may need to tweak it some.