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Install dus with guidus alias mkusb-dus alias mkusb version 12 from a tarball

You can download the following tarball (compressed tar file) and check the size and md5sum, that it was downloaded correctly. This option is a last alternative, when the other options do not work. The version is/was up to date when uploaded, but it may not be updated as often as the other alternatives, and it is also limited to dus with guidus alias mkusb version 12.

Tarball to download: ../dus.tar.gz version 12.0.1

[Left]click on the link, get to the attachment page, and there you right-click on the link and select 'save link as' to get the tarball file.

ls -l dus.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 sudodus sudodus 728580 jan 20 12:01 dus.tar.gz

md5sum dus.tar.gz
931c5a4a5752148b7759f4f3dc818953  dus.tar.gz

Try first to install from the PPAs and from phillw.net

The PPAs should work with Debian and Ubuntu and some distros and re-spins based on Debian and Ubuntu.

Use this tarball if it does not work to install from the PPAs

Extract the downloaded tarball dus.tar.gz

tar -xvzf dus.tar.gz

Change current directory to the directory created by the extraction

cd dus-tmp

Run the dus-installer script to install dus

$ sudo ./dus-installer i

or

# ./dus-installer i

If the installer wants you to install some other programs, please do so. Otherwise there might be problems to run dus.

or to remove dus

$ sudo ./dus-installer r

or

# ./dus-installer r

Usage text

$ ./dus-installer 
Run with superuser privileges, as root or with sudo

# ./dus-installer i       # install as root
$ sudo ./dus-installer i  # install with sudo

# ./dus-installer r       # remove as root
$ sudo ./dus-installer r  # remove with sudo

Quick start manual

guidus is a GUI front-end to dus. It provides a desktop file, that is available via the menu system in many linux flavours or dash in Unity. The graphical mode will be selected automatically for most users (running graphical desktop environments)

../../pictures/16-mkusb-quick-start-manual-12.png

Quick start manual version 12 alias dus, ../../mkUSB-quick-start-manual-12.pdf


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