OK, got that. Saw the link--I was on the wrong link (wrong page)
before.
Aha! This is confusing. I'm not logged in yet, but it would help if
you could please explain what it means "not in the repository". Is
there a recommended list of programs "in the repository" that you should
first check out before installing some third party software in Damn
Small Linux? I have no problems with that, BTW. It limits your choices
but it also is safer since you know the "repository" programs will work
with your distro.
RL
The repository is simply the collection of all programs you can install
directly from your package manager. If it's not in the repository (I'm
not familiar with DSL - but with Debian you can add additional
repositories) then the package manager does not know about it. There may
or may not be a way to use the package manager to install a package you
download that is not in the repositories - Debian can do that - again,
I'm not familiar with DSL - but I believe it is (or was) Debian based -
so it should. The Debian package manager also has a facility to search
for a particular application in the repositories - search by name; search
by description and name; several other more obscure searches as well.
This really isn't rocket science. Start up your package manager and work
with it.