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- | One of the major strengths of the | + | One of the major strengths of the tablets are their expandability. There are all sorts of 3rd party applications and packages available to users, and a variety of ways to get ahold of these packages and install them. |
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== Repositories == | == Repositories == | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_(file_format) .deb] (short for Debian) is the package format used by Maemo. .deb packages are roughly analogous to OS X's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pkg .pkg] or Windows' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE .exe]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer .msi] installers. .debs are how almost all packages are delivered, but you usually don't deal with them directly, except when installing locally. Some packages are simply not distributed through repositories, or offered separately as .debs (which you may prefer for whatever reason). | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_(file_format) .deb] (short for Debian) is the package format used by Maemo. .deb packages are roughly analogous to OS X's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pkg .pkg] or Windows' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE .exe]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer .msi] installers. .debs are how almost all packages are delivered, but you usually don't deal with them directly, except when installing locally. Some packages are simply not distributed through repositories, or offered separately as .debs (which you may prefer for whatever reason). | ||
- | 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 | + | 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. |
== Console == | == Console == | ||
<code>apt</code> and <code>dpkg</code> are the tools for managing packages from the console. These can be used locally through XTerm or remotely through [[SSH]]. | <code>apt</code> and <code>dpkg</code> are the tools for managing packages from the console. These can be used locally through XTerm or remotely through [[SSH]]. | ||
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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>, 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>. To search the available packages from your repositories, simply run <code>apt-cache search <search string></code> and it will display a list of matching packages. |
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- | and apt will attempt to fetch the .deb and all of its dependencies and install them. You can then remove packages by running | + | |
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=== dpkg === | === dpkg === | ||
- | <code>dpkg</code> is generally used for installing local .deb files directly, which can be done by running | + | <code>dpkg</code> is generally used for installing local .deb files directly, which can be done by running a <code>dpkg -i <local .deb></code> with a local .deb. |
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== Troubleshooting == | == Troubleshooting == | ||
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== Individual instructions == | == Individual instructions == | ||
- | + | Some advanced applications in their early development stages unfortunately need more specific work to get them installed. We suggest that you contact the author and aks for proper packaing/distribution of his application. | |
- | + | * [[Installing_PyKaraoke|Installing_PyKaraoke]] | |
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[[Category:Users]] | [[Category:Users]] | ||
[[Category:HowTo]] | [[Category:HowTo]] | ||
[[Category:Power users]] | [[Category:Power users]] |
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