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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 @@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ install an ipkg package file that resides on the local filesystem. <para> -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. +If you are using a version of ipkg lower than 0.99.20 there is a bug that prevents +oipkg from working properly. If you see errors in the installation log about not being +able to kill the old gunzip process, you can get around this by starting oipkg from +Embedded Konsole. </para> @@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ Embedded Konsole to avoid the bug. <para> -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 +There are several way to install a software package, depending on how you are +accessing the package. +</para> +<para> +To install software from a feed (see <xref linkend=feed>), 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 @@ -37,2 +42,20 @@ appear in the Launcher, if they are Opie applications. </para> +<para> +If you would like to install software that is not avaialable in a feed, you can +download it to your device, and open Filemanger to the directory that it is in. You +can then press and hold on the file name, and select "Open in Software", and oipkg +will be started, with the package already marked to install. Confirm that it is the +correct package, and check any options that you may need and press "Ok" to install +the package. +</para> +<para> +If you would like to install a package but are not sure where to find it, and it is not in +any of the feeds that you are using, you can try to have oipkg search for it. You can +enter a query in the "Search" field in the toolbars, and then press the magnifying +glass icon. Oipkg will then search a list of feeds as well as some software websites, +and show you all the packages that it thinks might be what you are looking for, and +displays them under the "ipkgfind&killefiz" section in the Package view. You can +then select the packages that you would like to install from that list and install them +as you normally would install packages from a feed. +</para> </section> @@ -49,3 +72,3 @@ remove, and then pressing apply. -<section><title>Servers</title> +<section id=feed><title>Servers</title> <para> @@ -123,3 +146,8 @@ can still find the files where they think they should be. <para> -To install a package in a destination other than root, go to +To mark a single package to be installed to a destination other than the default, you +can press and hold on it, and select the destination you would like to use from the +"Install to" menu. That package will then be installed in that destination. +</para> +<para> +To install a group of packages in a destination other than root, go to Settings&arrow;Setups to open the settings dialog to the Setups tab. From here @@ -129,4 +157,11 @@ destination" so that links are properly made. Once you have selected the destination you want to install the package to, click the dialog's "Ok" button, -and all packages that you install will be installed to the destination you -selected. +and all packages that you mark for install will be installed in the selected feed +(The destination will not be changed for the packages already marked for +installation). +</para> +<para> +You can also change the default destination by checking View&arrow;Destinations +to add the Destination toolbar to your toolbars. You can then select the default +destination from the pulldown menu, as well as use the checkbox to select whether +the packages should be linked to the root destination or not. </para> |