| author | spiralman <spiralman> | 2002-07-30 20:56:31 (UTC) |
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| committer | spiralman <spiralman> | 2002-07-30 20:56:31 (UTC) |
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| 47 | </para> | 47 | </para> |
| 48 | </section> | 48 | </section> |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | <section><title>Servers</title> | ||
| 51 | <para> | ||
| 52 | When you install software normally, ipkg downloadins the packages automatically | ||
| 53 | from ipkg servers (also called "Feeds") and installing them. The list of | ||
| 54 | servers and where they are is stored in a file called ipkg.conf in /etc/. Oipkg | ||
| 55 | is capable of maintaining this list, as well as adding or deleting feeds from | ||
| 56 | it. | ||
| 57 | </para> | ||
| 58 | <section><title>Selecting Servers</title> | ||
| 59 | <para> | ||
| 60 | To select which feeds you want to be able to see and install packages from, go | ||
| 61 | to Settings&arrow;Setups. There will be a box with a list of servers in it | ||
| 62 | called "Used Servers". Servers that are highlighted will be used to install | ||
| 63 | software from, while servers that are not highlighted will be ignored. You can | ||
| 64 | click on a server to toggle its status. When a server is disabled, the | ||
| 65 | information about that server such as its name and location is kept, so that | ||
| 66 | you can resume using it without having to reenter this data. "Ok" will save the | ||
| 67 | changes, and "x" will cancel them. | ||
| 68 | </para> | ||
| 69 | </section> | ||
| 70 | <section><title>Adding Servers</title> | ||
| 71 | <para> | ||
| 72 | You can add a server to your list of available servers by going to | ||
| 73 | Settings&arrow;Servers. Click on the button labeled "New" and enter the name | ||
| 74 | and URL into the appropriate fields at the bottom of the window. The name is | ||
| 75 | only for your convinience, so name it whatever makes sense to you. The URL is | ||
| 76 | the URL of the feed, so the URL for the opie feed would be | ||
| 77 | "http://131.152.105.154/feeds/ipaq/unstable". When you are done, click "Ok" to | ||
| 78 | save the new server, or "x" to cancel adding it. | ||
| 79 | </para> | ||
| 80 | </section> | ||
| 81 | <section><title>Editing Servers</title> | ||
| 82 | <para> | ||
| 83 | To change the URL or name of a server, go to Settings&arrow;Servers, and select | ||
| 84 | the server that you want to edit. The current Name and URL should appear in the | ||
| 85 | appropriate fields, and you can change them to the new values. Once you are | ||
| 86 | done, click "Ok" to save, or "x" to cancel. | ||
| 87 | </para> | ||
| 88 | </section> | ||
| 89 | <section><title>Deleting Servers</title> | ||
| 90 | <para> | ||
| 91 | If you no longer need to use a server, this can be done by going to | ||
| 92 | Settings&arrow;Servers. You can then select the server you wish to delete and | ||
| 93 | press the "Remove" button. "Ok" will save the deletion, and "x" will cancel it. | ||
| 94 | </para> | ||
| 95 | </section> | ||
| 96 | </section> | ||
| 97 | |||
| 50 | <section><title>Destinations</title> | 98 | <section><title>Destinations</title> |
| 51 | <para> | 99 | <para> |
| 52 | Software is distributed in a format called "ipkg" which contains all the | 100 | Software is distributed in a format called "ipkg" which contains all the |