[Coco] Trying to find SuperDriver and HDB-DOS

[Tormod Volden]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> For my own convenience at keeping all 3 of those related packages up to
> date, this linux script might serve as a model for something similar if you
> are running windoze.
> -------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> # since I'm always forgetting to sudo...
> if [ `whoami` != 'root' ]; then
>         echo
>         echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>         echo "this script needs to be run by root"
>         echo
>         echo
>         exit 1
> fi
> mv lwtools lwtools-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
> hg clone http://lwtools.projects.l-w.ca/hg/ lwtools
> cd lwtools
> make
> make install
> cd ..
> echo
> echo
> echo "lwtools has been built, next is toolshed"
> echo
> echo
> chown -R gene:www-data lwtools # make visible to the web
> mv toolshed toolshed-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
> hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/toolshed/code toolshed
> cd toolshed
> make -C build/unix install
> cd ..
> chown -R gene:www-data toolshed # make visible to the web
> echo
> echo
> echo "toolshed has been built and installed, next is nitros9"
> echo
> echo
> mv nitros9 nitros9-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M)
> hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/nitros9/code nitros9
> cd nitros9
> hg update lwtools-port # this step is temporarily needed
> export NITROS9DIR=$PWD
> mkdir dsks # this step is temporarily needed
> make dsk
> make dskcopy
> cd ..
> chown -R gene:www-data nitros9
> echo
> echo
> echo "this completes the build of lwtools, toolshed, and nitros9"
> ---------------------------------
> If you are using linux, save whats between the long dashed lines as
> getnitros9, then do as root, a "chmod +x /path/to/getnitros9" and then
> execute it, as root.
>

The superuser police called and said that you should do as little as
possible as root, in particular not run other people's scripts.
Everything like downloading, building etc is a normal user task and
should be run as a normal user. Only if you need to install something
in a system directory you will need superuser powers, typically "sudo
make install". Otherwise you will spiral down in a "Windows
Administative rights"-like dependency hell and pull out all your gray
hairs before you eventually have to reinstall to recover. Look up the
script author's older post for examples ;)

Then the bandwidth police called with tears in their eyes and told
people to not "hg clone" every day. If you already have done a "hg
clone" (which downloads 30-40 MB every f. time), you should use "hg
pull" which only downloads the new changes if there are any.

Tormod