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fletchem 2010-01-12 15:16
OVI repository
 
Now the OVI store is open am I supposed to be able to see the OVI-hosted apps/games/themes in the phone's app manager? I have the OVI repository listed as one of my active catalogues.

titi974 2010-01-12 15:18
Re: OVI repository
 
same case... i don't see any apps from ovi in it lol

Mindflyer 2010-01-12 15:20
Re: OVI repository
 
Go directly to http://store.ovi.com with the browser ;)

Jef91 2010-01-12 15:23
Re: OVI repository
 
Its very goofy at best... Package Manager > Web GUI - but hey at least the store is open now :)

~Jeff

titi974 2010-01-12 15:34
Re: OVI repository
 
yeah i know, and i'm using it, but i was just asking myself "why is there an ovi repo if there's no app from it ?" but that's just a question because i don't mind using the browser ;)

Rob1n 2010-01-12 15:37
Re: OVI repository
 
The repo is there to actually install the apps from (when you click in the browser it just passes the details through to App manager). The apps aren't shown in the App manager because Nokia want a single interface to the Ovi store.

jsharper 2010-01-12 16:16
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by titi974 (Post 466493)
yeah i know, and i'm using it, but i was just asking myself "why is there an ovi repo if there's no app from it ?" but that's just a question because i don't mind using the browser ;)
They specifically hacked App Manager to not show the Ovi stuff because they want to force you to go through the web interface :( http://konttoristhoughts.blogspot.co...ve-on-101.html

fletchem 2010-01-12 16:24
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob1n (Post 466501)
The repo is there to actually install the apps from (when you click in the browser it just passes the details through to App manager). The apps aren't shown in the App manager because Nokia want a single interface to the Ovi store.

Makes sense, I was wondering why the App Manager opened when I installed from online. Thanks

cashclientel 2010-01-15 14:55
Re: OVI repository
 
This is a really bad move. The app manager is much better interface to install apps from. It could do with some extensions to the 'description' field to allow formatting and maybe some photos, and then the web interface would have no advantage.

Nokia need to rip from the iPhone on this one!

pelago 2010-01-15 14:59
Re: OVI repository
 
I too would prefer to see this integrated into one app, but I guess they needed the web frontend to handle payments.

etuoyo 2010-01-15 15:40
Re: OVI repository
 
I find it quite annoying as well. The app manager is so convenient. Going to the browser is a real pain.

Lacedaemon 2010-01-15 16:09
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob1n (Post 466501)
The repo is there to actually install the apps from (when you click in the browser it just passes the details through to App manager). The apps aren't shown in the App manager because Nokia want a single interface to the Ovi store.
An Ovi icon(for App Manager) exists in background images of the default theme though.
So I suppose Ovi may be supported by App Manager in the future.

jobber99 2010-01-15 18:44
Re: OVI repository
 
when i upgraded to the new FW i opted not to back anything up and started fresh. hence, i needed to re-install some apps, and it took me 10 min to find pixelpipe (no longer in the maemo repo) and figured out i had to go to the ovi store

ewan 2010-01-17 01:27
Re: OVI repository
 
Oddly enough the commandline apt tools work perfectly well for installing from Ovi. I wonder how hard it would be to hack the application manager back into a sane state. It is one of the open source components isn't it?

jorjino 2010-02-03 07:53
Re: OVI repository
 
Hello guys,

I had a strange problem with ovi store.
When I am trying to install a application and find app page, in the place mentioned how many Kb or Mb is the program always is displayed 0,0 Kb.

Does anyone has same problem?
Regards.

RevdKathy 2010-02-03 08:06
Re: OVI repository
 
That;'s because what they are sending yuo is a link, which has no 'content'.

The great thing is that now they are selling MMS videos! So far, they have got exactly nothing right.

jorjino 2010-02-03 12:47
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevdKathy (Post 508075)
That;'s because what they are sending yuo is a link, which has no 'content'.

The great thing is that now they are selling MMS videos! So far, they have got exactly nothing right.
:):):) :confused::confused::confused: :(:(:(

Well, Nokia support - you know...

nermaljcat 2010-04-20 06:42
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ewan (Post 477324)
Oddly enough the commandline apt tools work perfectly well for installing from Ovi. I wonder how hard it would be to hack the application manager back into a sane state. It is one of the open source components isn't it?
Interesting.. Is there an Ovi store server I can simply add to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list?

Why doesn't maemo use /etc/apt/source.list, isn't that the normal convention?


-- edit:

Tried to find the URL in an Ovi .install file, but it appears they use an id instead of a URL...

offscr-electric-beams.install (Ovi store app)
Code:
[install]
catalogues = nokia-ovi-store
package  = offscr-electric-beams

[nokia-ovi-store]
id = ovi
file=variant-catalogues
Facebook.install (regular nokia app)
Code:
[install]
catalogues = nokia-apps
package  = facebook-services

[nokia-apps]
name = Nokia Applications
uri = https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/apps/
dist = ./

Could this be it (already there)?
Code:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list:deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ovi/ ./

nermaljcat 2010-04-20 07:02
Re: OVI repository
 
ok, so it is already in there :D

I can find the 'ovi' app using apt-get:
Code:
n900:~# apt-cache search offscr-electric-beams
offscr-electric-beams - Beam up! Play a retro-style laser beam game on your touch device!
and it does not show up in the application manager when I search for "offscr-electric-beams" (application name and description).

I think I'll be using apt-get from now on ;)

TiagoTiago 2010-09-12 08:49
Re: OVI repository
 
clicking on the link in the page wasn't working (HAM would load, tink for a bit and then do nothing and just sit there), using Synaptic Pakacge Manager for Maemo i could find the thing i wanted to install and get it installed (it doesn't quite fit on the screen, but is borderline usable)

edit:btw, why it will only let me load the .mobi version?

vebulous 2010-11-26 04:52
Re: OVI repository
 
Hey guys, i tried apt-cache search <name of OVI app> but the only ones that appear are the free ones (expected).

But thats not my complaint/problem.

When i go to install one of these free apps, like Bambuser with
Code:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install bambuser
Reading Package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Handler silently failed
Can anyone explain what that means exactly?

Thanks

SHARP66 2011-07-17 00:56
Re: OVI repository
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vebulous (Post 883468)
when i go to install one of these free apps, like bambuser with
Code:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install bambuser
reading package lists... Done
building dependency tree
reading state information... Done
e: Handler silently failed
can anyone explain what that means exactly?

Thanks
same problem......anyone?

demolition 2011-07-17 01:19
Re: OVI repository
 
The simplest thing to do is do not use a package-handler (including apt-get or dpkg) for items in the ovi repository. Instead, download them directly from the Ovi website. If extra dependencies are required e.g. for BlessN900, these may not be included with the package on the Ovi website so you'll need to get those from the maemo.org repositories. Good luck


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