author | spiralman <spiralman> | 2002-07-31 20:03:57 (UTC) |
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committer | spiralman <spiralman> | 2002-07-31 20:03:57 (UTC) |
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changed the oipkg docs at tille's suggestion.
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diff --git a/docs/usermanual/software.sgm b/docs/usermanual/software.sgm index 7284682..8b82118 100644 --- a/docs/usermanual/software.sgm +++ b/docs/usermanual/software.sgm | |||
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ install an ipkg package file that resides on the local filesystem. | |||
10 | <important> | 10 | <important> |
11 | <para> | 11 | <para> |
12 | There is a bug in oipkg that prevents it from installing packages | 12 | If you are using a version of ipkg lower than 0.99.20 there is a bug that prevents |
13 | properly. There is, however, a workaround for it. Simply run oipkg from | 13 | oipkg from working properly. If you see errors in the installation log about not being |
14 | Embedded Konsole to avoid the bug. | 14 | able to kill the old gunzip process, you can get around this by starting oipkg from |
15 | Embedded Konsole. | ||
15 | </para> | 16 | </para> |
16 | </important> | 17 | </important> |
@@ -18,9 +19,13 @@ Embedded Konsole to avoid the bug. | |||
18 | <section><title>Installing Software</title> | 19 | <section><title>Installing Software</title> |
19 | <para> | 20 | <para> |
20 | To install software, first select "Opie" from the "Section" pulldown menu, | 21 | There are several way to install a software package, depending on how you are |
21 | the press the "+" icon next to "Feeds" in the main view. This will show all | 22 | accessing the package. |
22 | the available Opie packages (you can change which packages to view by selecting | 23 | </para> |
23 | something else from the "Section" pulldown). Installed packages are marked | 24 | <para> |
24 | with a blue circle, while packages that are not installed are marked with a red | 25 | To install software from a feed (see <xref linkend=feed>), first select "Opie" from the |
26 | "Section" pulldown menu, the press the "+" icon next to "Feeds" in the main view. | ||
27 | This will show all the available Opie packages (you can change which packages | ||
28 | to view by selecting something else from the "Section" pulldown). Installed | ||
29 | packages are marked 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 | 30 | 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 | 31 | open box, with a blue circle coming out of it, indicating that you have marked |
@@ -36,4 +41,22 @@ window). The packages should then install, and you should see their icons | |||
36 | appear in the Launcher, if they are Opie applications. | 41 | appear in the Launcher, if they are Opie applications. |
37 | </para> | 42 | </para> |
43 | <para> | ||
44 | If you would like to install software that is not avaialable in a feed, you can | ||
45 | download it to your device, and open Filemanger to the directory that it is in. You | ||
46 | can then press and hold on the file name, and select "Open in Software", and oipkg | ||
47 | will be started, with the package already marked to install. Confirm that it is the | ||
48 | correct package, and check any options that you may need and press "Ok" to install | ||
49 | the package. | ||
50 | </para> | ||
51 | <para> | ||
52 | If you would like to install a package but are not sure where to find it, and it is not in | ||
53 | any of the feeds that you are using, you can try to have oipkg search for it. You can | ||
54 | enter a query in the "Search" field in the toolbars, and then press the magnifying | ||
55 | glass icon. Oipkg will then search a list of feeds as well as some software websites, | ||
56 | and show you all the packages that it thinks might be what you are looking for, and | ||
57 | displays them under the "ipkgfind&killefiz" section in the Package view. You can | ||
58 | then select the packages that you would like to install from that list and install them | ||
59 | as you normally would install packages from a feed. | ||
60 | </para> | ||
38 | </section> | 61 | </section> |
39 | 62 | ||
@@ -48,5 +71,5 @@ remove, and then pressing apply. | |||
48 | </section> | 71 | </section> |
49 | 72 | ||
50 | <section><title>Servers</title> | 73 | <section id=feed><title>Servers</title> |
51 | <para> | 74 | <para> |
52 | When you install software normally, ipkg downloadins the packages automatically | 75 | When you install software normally, ipkg downloadins the packages automatically |
@@ -122,5 +145,10 @@ can still find the files where they think they should be. | |||
122 | <section><title>Using Destinations</title> | 145 | <section><title>Using Destinations</title> |
123 | <para> | 146 | <para> |
124 | To install a package in a destination other than root, go to | 147 | To mark a single package to be installed to a destination other than the default, you |
148 | can press and hold on it, and select the destination you would like to use from the | ||
149 | "Install to" menu. That package will then be installed in that destination. | ||
150 | </para> | ||
151 | <para> | ||
152 | To install a group of packages in a destination other than root, go to | ||
125 | Settings&arrow;Setups to open the settings dialog to the Setups tab. From here | 153 | Settings&arrow;Setups to open the settings dialog to the Setups tab. From here |
126 | you can select the destination you would like to install the package to from the | 154 | you can select the destination you would like to install the package to from the |
@@ -128,6 +156,13 @@ pulldown menu at the bottom. You will also want to check "Link to root | |||
128 | destination" so that links are properly made. Once you have selected the | 156 | destination" so that links are properly made. Once you have selected the |
129 | destination you want to install the package to, click the dialog's "Ok" button, | 157 | destination you want to install the package to, click the dialog's "Ok" button, |
130 | and all packages that you install will be installed to the destination you | 158 | and all packages that you mark for install will be installed in the selected feed |
131 | selected. | 159 | (The destination will not be changed for the packages already marked for |
160 | installation). | ||
161 | </para> | ||
162 | <para> | ||
163 | You can also change the default destination by checking View&arrow;Destinations | ||
164 | to add the Destination toolbar to your toolbars. You can then select the default | ||
165 | destination from the pulldown menu, as well as use the checkbox to select whether | ||
166 | the packages should be linked to the root destination or not. | ||
132 | </para> | 167 | </para> |
133 | </section> | 168 | </section> |