can't install .deb files directly
 

for some unknown reason i can't install .deb files directly anymore,in the download window that pops up i can't click on open anymore,how i fix this? i'm tired to save and install manualy every time.thanks

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

This started happening to me this week. I don't know what forced this behavior. But yesterday I was able to install Apache directly. Then I try to install another package... and the 'Open' button was gray again.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

i for 1 am glad that it doesn't install automatically. maybe i am to paranoid from my windows days- but i like knowing exactly what is going on my machine and when- it also gives me the opportunity to keep a copy of the installation file stored someplace safe incase i have to re-flash

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Yes, that is the reason why you have a 'Save' button. But if you want to 'Open' the .deb file directly, the other button should work.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

I've had the same problem so I went and edited /etc/share/applications/defaults.list to include application/x-archive as a mime type so my open now works again :)

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Querty12,

I don't have the share directory under /etc.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

My bad, it's /usr

But you can vote for the bug here too:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3189

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Voted.

Thanks.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

it's here: /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

I have the same symptom. What caused the change? Was there some alarm in the system, waiting for May 21st to come and then POOF, the OS changes itself?

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

i did the trick u said qwerty but no results.. this sucks

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Yes, it did not work...

I have rebooted and nothing changed.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Worked for me:
http://i26.tinypic.com/20u79fc.png

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Problem just poped up for me today also. Not sure of the cause but this did fix it. Added the line as suggested:

# Application manager
application/x-deb=hildon-hildon-application-manager.desktop
application/x-debian-package=hildon-hildon-application-manager.desktop
application/x-install-instructions=hildon-hildon-application-manager.desktop
application/x-archive=hildon-hildon-application-manager.desktop

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

yes,this does work,thanks mikebell ;)

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

It was what I was suggesting originally (although tbh, not in exact words), I can't believe that it would be hard to figure out. I could see the application manager lines, all I did was clone one in vi.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

u know qwerty not everybody is a linux hacker.. specialy me,i work with windows,all this is new for me.. by the way why u don't make a tutorial to install diablo? it's very selfish that some people has it and some not..

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

:rolleyes:

Like I said in the other thread, Nokia specifically requested that we don't. It's pre-release stuff that isn't ready for end-user consumption.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

well antilles so that's awesome that nokia gives privileges to some people u know? that's great,80% of the people here has diablo and the rest needs to wait for the official release as i said before but u know what? i don't think so,i believe u know how a forum works and with all my respect this is absolutely not the way.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Nokia didn't "give privileges" to anybody (well, except for the people in their official testing program :rolleyes:). We figured things out thanks to a blog post and a little hint from Benson before they passworded the repo, then we were grandfathered in. The rest of the people figured out the password from perfectly available public sources and some hints from qwerty12.

It's more like 1%. There's about 16k registered users on itT, I know of maybe a dozen who definitely have it installed, call it another 2-4 dozen who just haven't said anything. That's still only 60 people . . . 1% would be 160.

Believe whatever the hell you want, but personal opinions and beliefs frequently have little to do with reality—particularly true in this case.

If you want access to unofficial pre-release software not endorsed by the manufacturer nor intended for end-users, then you need to invest a little time and effort into getting it, otherwise we can pretty much guarantee you'll arrive to the wrong conclusions about said software.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

Yikes, I haven't said anything and don't have Diablo, but I'm very glad to see you go.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

... Right, well, gosh, I.. um...

Anyway, moving on, thanks for the tip, solved the problem for me too.

Re: can't install .deb files directly
 

I'm sorry. I was editing with emelFM2 without noticing that the file wasn't saved because of permissions.

I edited with vi (in root) and now the problem is gone.

Thanks.