Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

i'm guess this as well will only be supported on fremantle.

that is, if the project have not been dropped fully.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

Is anyone else getting error code 100 exit 0 on installing, removing or upgrading the app?

Everything works fine, but it appears not to be reading the log file correctly, if I check the log, it appears to have just cut short the output of apt-get and therefore doesn't think the installation was successful, even though it was...

Not really a big issue since it all still works fine, great app :D

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

Happened to me too, though that was because I had Extras-devel enabled twice (from the fapman itself and the original Applications Manager). Which brings me to one question : can fapman be adjusted so, that the user would not see the extras-devel/testing as a duplicate in fapman, if there is already entries for those in App. Manager?

Not a big isssue and I'm only seeing the -devel as a duplicate. Just had to disable the second one to let my App. Manager get the Extras/Maemo.org and other quite stable updates, where as fapman get's the non-stable.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

One thing that bothers me a fair amount with this, dependencies. Obviously the best application will figure that all out for me and then simply install whatever it needs to get the job done. This current version requires me to check the log to see why it failed - it's not possible to do that through the application without clearing the programs I have selected for installation. I need to go back a step in the interface to see the log, then I need to remember what it was I wanted to install. Not a problem if it's only one or two things, but when you have a long list, it's not really possible.

A better solution would be to simply display the log content in a floating window on the current screen.

If dependencies can't be resolved within the program itself, then it'd be cool if the application could have an option to list absolutely everything within the repositories for me to pick as needed.

No problem if dependencies fail, just that I'd like to be able to do some manual fixing without losing my package selections. Obviously sometimes dependencies can't be fixed at all... But I figure if 'aptitude install <package>' works, then it should also work in this app : )

Hope that makes sense.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

The log viewer is currently a bit crippled, it only shows part of the log if the log is too long. Better to check the log file directly (it's at /root/.fapman/lastlog.txt).

Faster App Manager already overwrites the hildon application manager's repository list in apt-get's sources.d directory every time the catalogs are updated, so I cannot understand how "duplicates" could become a problem.

I'll make the log viewable in the package list view too.

Dependencies are solved with apt-get, so everything that can be installed with apt-get *should* be possible to install with Faster App Manager. Just make sure you have enabled all the necessary repositories and updated the catalogs.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

If I choose "Show all upgradeable packages (ADVANCED)" the previously "invisible" packages are shown but when I select them for an upgrade they are invisible again as soon as I start the upgrade.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

i had a problem tried to uninstall app more than 1app at same time, uninstall 1app is fine but more than that will just keep loading circle bar running back and forward after reading the dependencies, click ok to confirm remove then removing packages...loading forever unfortunately i had to endtask it. any one experienced this?

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I know this might be unneccessary and early.. but it would be cool if it where possible to theme like the stock. Or at least try to mimic it's look. I love the program but it could look a bit nicer.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

issued resolved, because one of the app wwas involved in with easy Debian which couldnt remove.

Re: [Announce] Faster Application Manager
 

Version 0.4 brings many improvements, hopefully not too many new bugs.

* Show more progress information for operations
* Added options menu (autoremove, autoclean, autorotation)
* Improved repository UI
* "Upgrade all" option shown in menu when upgrade filter is selected
* A bit of rewritten code: Don't call apt-cache binary, read the package lists directly instead
* Made it possible to cancel certain operations
* Show what repositories packages are in
* Improved logging/log viewer

Had to borrow a little bit of code from apt to ensure that package versions get compared correctly.

Known bugs: Updating menu icons after installation does not work or works only sometimes.

Oh, and this is also my entry to the coding competition :)