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This is an old revision of Pets made by darkcity on 2011-12-20 14:14:43.
Pet files
PET (Puppy's Extra Treats) adopted in Puppy version 2.14 and later, is used to add extra software. Pets are available from the PPM Puppy Package Management system. Click on a downloaded Pet file to install software.File Contents
Pets are tarballs, just like '.tar.gz' files, with a MD5sum MD5sum appended on the end. The in-built MD5sum MD5sum is handy, as the file can be checked for integrity after being downloaded. They are used for packaging programs designed or compiled for Puppy and provide desktop icons, menu info etc specific to Puppy. Tarball files have a .tar extension. Or tar.gz if compressed with gzip. Pet files on the other hand have a .pet extension.Extract Pet file contents
It can sometimes be useful to extract the contents of a Pet file, do this by-right clicking on the Pet file in the filer window
-selecting File '<filename>.PET' > 'Extract here'
Also see
PPM Puppy Package ManagementCompiling
Tarballs
Related Pages
Barry's Blog Pet PageGuide to making PET files
