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====Woof====

==Introduction==
~**Woof** is a Puppy building program.  It is used to build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of another Linux distribution.

==Inspiration==
~//'For a long time I have dreamt of a "magical script" that could download packages of some other distro, cut them right down to Puppy-size, then build a Puppy Linux live-CD -- and do all of this totally automatically.'// [[BarryK]]

==Build process==
~The process used by Woof to build a Puppy Linux distribution from another Linux distribution:

	The user selects the Linux distribution to be used as the foundation of the Puppy Linux distribution
	The user selects the choice of packages and other options
	The user initiates the build process
	If needed for the selected Linux distribution, the scripts perform preprocessing tasks
	The scripts download the package database files of the selected Linux distribution
	The scripts download the package files of the selected Linux distribution
	The scripts build the generic Puppy-packages
	The scripts build the Puppy Linux live-CD .iso file of the Puppy Linux distribution
	The user burns the Puppy Linux live-CD from the .iso file
	If desired, the user builds a new variant of the Puppy Linux distribution using the CD-Remaster tool available in Puppy Linux

==Supported distributions and Architectures==
~The Linux distributions that Woof can use as the foundation for a Puppy Linux distribution include: Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware, Arch, T2, SDE, Puppy, Mageia.
~The architectures supported include [[x86]], x86-64 and [[ARM]] (including the [[Puppi Rpi's]] ""ARMv6"" CPU).  Improvements to Woof will benefit all supported architectures. 

==Version Control==
~Project version control management system is bones: 
~[[http://bkhome.org/bones/index.html Bones official page]]
~[[http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=Bones Bones on Barry's blog]]

==Languages==
~The latest version of Woof has greatly improved support of different languages, with many existing language packs (from Woof can even create your default puplet a language other than English).

==Examples of Woof Puppy versions==
~What can be achieved using Woof: [[Wary]], [[Puppy431]], Dpup ([[Dpup]], [[Squeeze]]), [[Upup Upup]] ([[Puppy5Index Puppy5]], [[LupQ]]), [[Spup]], Tpup, [[Quirky]])

==Alternatives==
~The CD-Remaster program available in Puppy Linux is a simpler way to build variants of a Puppy version, if you don't want to make a major change.

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[Babybuilder]] - a feature to create small Puppy versions
~[[Puppy|What is a Puppy Version]]
~[[Remastering]]

==Related Webpages==
~**Official**
~[[http://www.puppylinux.com/woof/index.html Woof official page]]
~[[http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=Woof Woof on Barry's blog]]

==Tutorials==
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67123 EZ-Woof-525 - The Lucid 5.2.5 Build Environment ]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65020 How to Use Woof to Build Lucid Puppy 5.2 thread]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47331 How to Build a Custom Puppy with Woof thread]]

==More Links==
~[[http://puppylinux.com/woof/ppm.htm Puppy Package Management on Barry's Blog]]
~[[WikiPedia:Woof_(software)]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=323181 Ppup 416alpha bug reports thread]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=452324#452324 Woof: working okay for me thread]]
~[[http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60180 How to switch kernels between Puppy versions thread]]
	
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