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{{ambox|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#Activating|as shown below]].}}
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''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from the HAM GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards.</span>'''
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An installable package, Fapman aka Faster Application Manager [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .
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== Settings ==
== Settings ==
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; Clean apt cache : If activated, the equivalent of "apt-get clean" is performed after every install or update. (This is the default behavior for blue-pill mode.) Contents of the downloaded .deb files can be found in: /home/user/MyDocs/.apt-archive-cache/
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; Clean apt cache : If activated, the equivalent of "apt-get clean" is performed after every install or update. (This is the behavior for blue-pill mode.)
; Assume net connection : This will not ask for an active IAP before downloading. This is useful if you have a network connection, but the tablet connectivity APIs are not available or don't know about it.
; Assume net connection : This will not ask for an active IAP before downloading. This is useful if you have a network connection, but the tablet connectivity APIs are not available or don't know about it.
; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.
; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.
; Show dependencies : This adds another tab to the details dialog with some dependencies from the package.
; Show dependencies : This adds another tab to the details dialog with some dependencies from the package.
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; Show all packages : This will not filter out packages that are not in the "user" section. It will also allow installing packages from any section. When enabled this will show free Ovi Store packages.
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; Show all packages : This will not filter out packages that are not in the "user" section. It will also allow installing packages from any section.
; Show magic system package : This will include the "magic:sys" package in the list of packages. Updating that package will do something similar to "apt-get upgrade". It is not yet fully defined what it will do exactly. This feature might become available in blue-pill mode at one point.
; Show magic system package : This will include the "magic:sys" package in the list of packages. Updating that package will do something similar to "apt-get upgrade". It is not yet fully defined what it will do exactly. This feature might become available in blue-pill mode at one point.
; Include package details in log : When this setting is active, opening a package details dialog will dump its content into the Log so that you more easily save it. This should be useful when reporting complicated dependency issues. This setting can only be changed in Red Pill mode, but it's effect stays active also in Blue Pill mode.
; Include package details in log : When this setting is active, opening a package details dialog will dump its content into the Log so that you more easily save it. This should be useful when reporting complicated dependency issues. This setting can only be changed in Red Pill mode, but it's effect stays active also in Blue Pill mode.
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== Activating ==
== Activating ==
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'''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 [[Nokia N900|N900]] firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.'''
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'''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 N900 firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.'''
For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
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To enable Red Pill mode through HAM on old firmwares:
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To enable Red Pill mode:
* Open Application manager and go to "Tools -> Application catalogue"
* Open Application manager and go to "Tools -> Application catalogue"
* Click "New"
* Click "New"
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N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.
N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.
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To enable Red Pill mode in [[Maemo 5/PR1.1|51-1 (PR1.1)]] onwards:
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To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards:
* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened.
* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened.
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* Open Terminal. Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900. '''Under [[Maemo 5/PR1.2|PR1.2]] this file is not available, so one has to add the two relevant fields below for it to work.'''
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* Open Terminal.
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* Type <pre>vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager</pre> press I to enter input mode.
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Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900.
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* Change <pre>red-pill-mode 0</pre> to <pre>red-pill-mode 1</pre>.
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* Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode.
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* Change <pre>red-pill-permanent 0</pre> to <pre>red-pill-permanent 1</pre>.
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* Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1.
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* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type <pre>:w</pre> and press enter to save and <pre>:x</pre> to exit.
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* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1
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Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.
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* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.
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[[Category:Power users]]

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