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One of the major strengths of the Maemo platform is its expandability. There are all sorts of 3rd party applications and packages available to users, and a variety of ways to get a hold of these packages and install them. | One of the major strengths of the Maemo platform is its expandability. There are all sorts of 3rd party applications and packages available to users, and a variety of ways to get a hold of these packages and install them. | ||
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== Repositories == | == Repositories == | ||
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You can install .debs by opening them from the browser, or opening local copies with Application manager. The major disadvantage to installing .debs locally as opposed to installing from a repository is that you wont be automatically notified of updates to the package. Also dependency installation is not automatic. | You can install .debs by opening them from the browser, or opening local copies with Application manager. The major disadvantage to installing .debs locally as opposed to installing from a repository is that you wont be automatically notified of updates to the package. Also dependency installation is not automatic. | ||
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+ | Installing debs directly does not work anymore in Fremantle (Maemo 5). | ||
== Console == | == Console == | ||
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=== apt === | === apt === | ||
- | <code>apt</code> generally deals with installing packages from repositories | + | <code>apt</code> generally deals with installing packages from repositories. You can install packages from your repositories by running |
<code>apt-get install <package name></code> | <code>apt-get install <package name></code> | ||
and apt will attempt to fetch the .deb and all of its dependencies and install them. You can then remove packages by running | and apt will attempt to fetch the .deb and all of its dependencies and install them. You can then remove packages by running | ||
<code>apt-get remove <package name></code> | <code>apt-get remove <package name></code> | ||
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To search the available packages from your repositories, simply run | To search the available packages from your repositories, simply run | ||
<code>apt-cache search <search string></code> | <code>apt-cache search <search string></code> | ||
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'''Note: full path must be given.''' For example: | '''Note: full path must be given.''' For example: | ||
<code>dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/sample.deb</code> | <code>dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/sample.deb</code> | ||
- | if the deb lies at the root of <code>Nokia N900</code> when viewed with file manager | + | if the deb lies at the root of <code>Nokia N900</code> when viewed with file manager. |
== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
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== Individual instructions == | == Individual instructions == | ||
- | There is a wiki page for individual instructions. It is called [[ | + | There is a wiki page for individual instructions. It is called [[Install instructions]]. There should be found instructions to every other piece of software that can't be installed by app manager or means above. If the article lacks instructions for some software, please contact the author and ask him to write instructions to wiki and link them to the [[Install instructions]] -page. |
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+ | == Application list == | ||
+ | There is an [[Application list]] -page that lists every application that has a wiki page. That could be useful. | ||
[[Category:Users]] | [[Category:Users]] | ||
[[Category:HowTo]] | [[Category:HowTo]] | ||
[[Category:Power users]] | [[Category:Power users]] |
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