From 3cf3093654579932750fe82afa4504dbef96b937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: spiralman Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:14:13 +0000 Subject: moved each chapter to a separate file. --- (limited to 'docs/usermanual/software.sgm') diff --git a/docs/usermanual/software.sgm b/docs/usermanual/software.sgm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..459498a --- a/dev/null +++ b/docs/usermanual/software.sgm @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Software + + +The "Software" application, also called oipkg, is what is used to install and +remove software. It is actually a frontend to the command line program "ipkg" +so most things you can do with oipkg you can also do with ipkg. Oipkg can +install things either remotely from a web server (called a "feed") or it can +install an ipkg package file that resides on the local filesystem. + + + +There is a bug in oipkg that prevents it from installing packages +properly. There is, however, a workaround for it. Simply run oipkg from +Embedded Konsole to avoid the bug. + + + +
Installing Software + +To install software, first select "Opie" from the "Section" pulldown menu, +the press the "+" icon next to "Feeds" in the main view. This will show all +the available Opie packages (you can change which packages to view by selecting +something else from the "Section" pulldown). Installed packages are marked +with a blue circle, while packages that are not installed are marked with a red +box. If you click on the icon for an uninstalled package, it will turn into an +open box, with a blue circle coming out of it, indicating that you have marked +this package to be installed. Mark as many packages as you wish this way, and +then press the "Apply" icon (same red box and blue dot icon) to install all +the marked packages. It will also remove any packages marked for removal (see +below). Clicking this will open a window showing all the packages marked to be +removed and installed, with some check boxes on the bottom, which represent +arguments to be sent to ipkg, which you can usually ignore. After verifying +that all the packages to be installed are correct, press "Ok" in the upper +right corner (or press "x" to cancel and go back to the package selection +window). The packages should then install, and you should see their icons +appear in the Launcher, if they are Opie applications. + +
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Removing Software + +Removing software is the same as installing software, except you will press the +blue circle icon of an installed package, and it will have a red "X" over it. +Then press the apply icon, and "Ok". You can install and remove packages at +the same time by marking the ones you want to install and the ones you want to +remove, and then pressing apply. + +
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