Om 2008 Installer
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Revision as of 18:25, 11 August 2008
Om 2008
- Presentation
- Tips & tricks
- Keyboard guide
- Package manager
- Location sharing
Contents |
Introduction
The OpenMoko Installer is Assassin a tool for installing, updating and uninstalling programs on your Neo.
Install an Application
Installer needs an internet connection to install applications for the repositories. This can be done via WiFi (currently unstable), USB, GPRS or Bluetooth.
Instructions
[1] Make sure you are connected to the internet and launch Installer.
[2] At launch, Installer will initially refresh a list of installable programs. After refresh is complete, press the INSTALL button from the bottom bar to view a list of Categories. This is also the default page of the Installer application.
[3] Select a Category from the category list, then select a package to install.
[4] In the package information page, press the image box and confirm to begin.
[5] Once the progress bar shows Done, you will return to the Installer default page. Installation is then complete.
- To update or uninstall packages, simply replace step [2] with the desired function UPDATE or UNINSTALL and repeat steps [3] through [5].
Sharing Applications
Sharing applications is done by uploading packages to the Community Repository, which is a similar concept to the Multiverse repository in Ubuntu. Anyone can upload applications or even their own repository to share with fellow Neo owners.
How to add a package to Openmoko Repository
You can release your package with ipk file.
- Create package on projects.openmoko.org and upload
- Create ipk files
- Using OE
- Meta-toolchain
Package Tags
Packages in Installer are displayed according to Package Tags. To display a package through Installer, add the appropriate tag message.
Category | Tag |
---|---|
Communication | group::communication |
Development | group::programming |
Games | group::games |
Maps | group::maps |
Miscellaneous | group::unknown |
Network | group::network |
Repos | group::repos |
- For OpenEmbedded users, add a Tag by adding one line in your bb file
- For example:
PKG_TAGS_${PN} = "group::games"
Add a Repository
Add repositories by installing repository packages
- The community-repository is installed by default in Om 2008.8.
Add repository manually
- Create a file, here we call it community-repos.conf
> echo "arch community-repos 50" > community-repos.conf > echo "src community-repos http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse/" >> community-repos.conf
- Connect to your Neo with USB
> sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 > scp community-repos.conf root@192.168.0.202:/etc/opkg/
- Let your Neo connect to the Internet
- For USB users:
> echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j MASQUERADE > scp /etc/resolv.conf root@192.168.0.202:/etc/
- For geek users:
> ssh root@192.168.0.202 > iwlist eth0 scan Find a usable AP lets say OpenMind (Support it's an open AP) > iwconfig eth0 essid OpenMind > udhcpc eth0 Then pray, if successfull, remove default gw *twice*. > route -n # to see your gateway of eth0 say 192.168.1.1 > route del default > route del default > route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0 Then you can ping wiki.openmoko.org for testing :)
- For GUI WiFi user:
Click Settings Click WiFi Select an AP Input password if needed
- Refresh the opkg metadata database
after connecting to Neo > opkg update
Technical Features
- Installer is a specialized GUI front-end of Packagekit over DBus interface.
- Please run Installer under stable network conditions and enough power supply. Once Installer is launched, it will actually try to detect repositories you installed. This will take some time if your network condition is not stable.
- If you do not have access to WiFi, a USB connection is recommended.
- The default Packagekit backend on Neo is opkg, but is not restricted to opkg.
- Installer refreshes the package meta-data every 2 days.
- While running Installer, it will also launch packagekitd automatically, in which it will lock the libopkg for synchronization issues. If you want to use opkg, you may terminate Installer and killall packagekitd.
- You can also talk with Packagekit through DBus.
For more information, refer to the reference section below.
Reference
[1] Installer project - http://code.google.com/p/om-assassin/
[2] Packagekit project - http://packagekit.org/
[3] Opkg package management - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Opkg