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1 | <chapter><title>Software</title> | ||
2 | |||
3 | <para> | ||
4 | The "Software" application, also called oipkg, is what is used to install and | ||
5 | remove software. It is actually a frontend to the command line program "ipkg" | ||
6 | so most things you can do with oipkg you can also do with ipkg. Oipkg can | ||
7 | install things either remotely from a web server (called a "feed") or it can | ||
8 | install an ipkg package file that resides on the local filesystem. | ||
9 | </para> | ||
10 | <important> | ||
11 | <para> | ||
12 | There is a bug in oipkg that prevents it from installing packages | ||
13 | properly. There is, however, a workaround for it. Simply run oipkg from | ||
14 | Embedded Konsole to avoid the bug. | ||
15 | </para> | ||
16 | </important> | ||
17 | |||
18 | <section><title>Installing Software</title> | ||
19 | <para> | ||
20 | To install software, first select "Opie" from the "Section" pulldown menu, | ||
21 | the press the "+" icon next to "Feeds" in the main view. This will show all | ||
22 | the available Opie packages (you can change which packages to view by selecting | ||
23 | something else from the "Section" pulldown). Installed packages are marked | ||
24 | with a blue circle, while packages that are not installed are marked with a red | ||
25 | box. If you click on the icon for an uninstalled package, it will turn into an | ||
26 | open box, with a blue circle coming out of it, indicating that you have marked | ||
27 | this package to be installed. Mark as many packages as you wish this way, and | ||
28 | then press the "Apply" icon (same red box and blue dot icon) to install all | ||
29 | the marked packages. It will also remove any packages marked for removal (see | ||
30 | below). Clicking this will open a window showing all the packages marked to be | ||
31 | removed and installed, with some check boxes on the bottom, which represent | ||
32 | arguments to be sent to ipkg, which you can usually ignore. After verifying | ||
33 | that all the packages to be installed are correct, press "Ok" in the upper | ||
34 | right corner (or press "x" to cancel and go back to the package selection | ||
35 | window). The packages should then install, and you should see their icons | ||
36 | appear in the Launcher, if they are Opie applications. | ||
37 | </para> | ||
38 | </section> | ||
39 | |||
40 | <section><title>Removing Software</title> | ||
41 | <para> | ||
42 | Removing software is the same as installing software, except you will press the | ||
43 | blue circle icon of an installed package, and it will have a red "X" over it. | ||
44 | Then press the apply icon, and "Ok". You can install and remove packages at | ||
45 | the same time by marking the ones you want to install and the ones you want to | ||
46 | remove, and then pressing apply. | ||
47 | </para> | ||
48 | </section> | ||
49 | </chapter> \ No newline at end of file | ||