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Joschi 2007-10-16 06:15
Repositories-Database
 
Hi,

I made a small quick & dirty repo-database for one-click-install repositories. Maybe someone will find it useful:
http://www.gronmayer.com/n800/repos/index.php?lang=en

rachid 2007-10-16 08:13
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Hi Joschi,

i added to my bookmarks. very useful.
thanks a lot!
rachid

zeez 2007-10-16 08:19
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Very nice! Thanks!

TA-t3 2007-10-16 09:55
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Good stuff!

Tragos 2007-10-16 12:34
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Thanks a lot!

Mark S 2007-10-19 02:00
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Thanks. This is VERY useful, escpecially for novices who are just learning how to install applications.

arjun-giri 2007-10-19 05:31
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Thanx . Very very usefull.

TA-t3 2007-10-19 15:21
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Second comment from me.. this is absolutely great. It's much better than the download/search page over at maemo.org. It's so good that the OP's posting with the link should be made sticky, or it'll be hard to find (I had to search for ten minutes before I finally found it again, ending up with searching for my own postings because I knew I had already posted in this thread). Heck, the link to the site should've been posted on top of ITT and maemo.org! ;)

ericdkirk 2007-10-19 15:53
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I think the guys at maemo.org should work with the OP and make their repo page up to snuff like this is. Thanks again I have used this page many times. Just wondering, I know nothing about the script to add them but could you make an install all for a 770 or N800, that would be really sweet but the script might not support more than one.

tobiasj 2007-10-19 17:22
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Thanks for putting this together, not only is it a great resource, but you have saved me a ton of time as I was going to put together something similar this weekend, because to me, the worst part of re-flashing the N800 is putting back all the Repo's.. Now its no effort at all...

Thanks again!

-John

TA-t3 2007-10-21 12:12
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@tobiasj: Actually the repos will be restored after re-flashing if you restore the backup.. apps are not backed up, but the list of repositories are (which is really the file /etc/apt/sources.list)

RioT 2007-10-21 18:29
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This is just what I need to completly start fresh. I have a huge list with broken repos. This makes it all easier and it has some I didnt have. Thanks man.

qgil 2007-10-21 20:29
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This service is very interesting, yes. If you have any proposal related to it and maemo.org please expose it in the maemo channels (enhancement request or mail to maemo-developers) providing as much details as possible about what would you do.

In the meantime, what we are doing is to improve http://downloads.maemo.org to make it more inviting for application developers (to list there their software) and user friendly (for end users).

About the repos themselves, our priority is to promote extras and ease its access to application developers, so everybody finds better to upload their packages there. Having clever lists of repositories helps, but what definitely would help to end users would be to have a very limited set of repositories where all the good stuff would be easy to find - as it generally happens in the Linux world.

Joschi 2007-10-22 07:01
Re: Repositories-Database
 
Hi all,

many thanks for your positive responses :)

Quote:
Originally Posted by ericdkirk (Post 84355)
...but could you make an install all for a 770 or N800, that would be really sweet but the script might not support more than one.
I'm not sure if there is a possibility to install more than one repo with the same install-file, but I'll try it!


Quote:
Originally Posted by qgil (Post 85291)
About the repos themselves, our priority is to promote extras and ease its access to application developers, so everybody finds better to upload their packages there. Having clever lists of repositories helps, but what definitely would help to end users would be to have a very limited set of repositories where all the good stuff would be easy to find - as it generally happens in the Linux world.
I'm agreed with you. It's better to have a few repos full of software than many with only one prog. The more repos you've installed on your device, the longer time takes for scanning the internal device-database and the online-scan.
On the other hand: If some of the big repos is down like http://repository.maemo.org/extras in the last days, there is no software install available: We live in a linux-world and this world is highly de-centralised for good reasons! My little script should be no competition to the maemo-garage, but a simple completion...;)

nubiatech 2007-10-22 08:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joschi (Post 85507)
Hi all,

many thanks for your positive responses :)
No!, Thank you! :)

Joschi 2007-10-22 19:36
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Hi all,

I tried to realize a "single-click-installs-all-repos" - but it don't work :(

How to install more than one repo ist described here and here. But the file format
Code:
[install]
repo_name  = Foo Catalogue;Bar Catalogue
repo_deb_3 = deb http://foo.com/maemo bora user;deb http://bar.com/maemo bora user
package    = foo-app
don't work: I get all Repo-Names as a single name and all urls are in the components-field. The program manager seems to ignore the semicolons completely....

So I know only one other way: My scripts could write a complete sources.list (there is an example for N800 here) You can copy this file to your /etc/apt/, set the right owner, group and permissions and hope, it would work. I think this way is not comfortable at all and absolutely no way for beginners.

If anyone knows a working file-format for install all repos with one click, send it to me and I'll do the rest :)

RioT 2007-10-23 07:58
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I downloaded them all to a folder pasting the names in the begining of the file name (repository.install) then copied that folder to the n800. The internet is really slow here...

tobiasj 2007-10-23 11:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 85120)
@tobiasj: Actually the repos will be restored after re-flashing if you restore the backup.. apps are not backed up, but the list of repositories are (which is really the file /etc/apt/sources.list)
Thanks for that info, I didn't know they got backed up. Usually when I reflash the OS I am trying to clear away something I well, had configured not quite correctly, so I don't restore after. Still for a normal os flash I will surely back up and restore now.

Thanks again,

-John

RioT 2007-10-23 23:05
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I noticed in an earlier version it didnt back the repos up but it does now.


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