,
>>I know that the repositories are the preferred method for
>>installing packages, but after installing yesterday >20
>>(Hatari) packages "From file..." several times in succession
>>(to test the packages I created), I started to wish for
>>following features:
>
> Hmm, did you want to test the package itself, or how the AM deal with
> it?
Mainly the package, but also that I didn't screw up anything
AM-wise. :-)
> If you just want to test the package, I would recommend getting a
> shell and just using dpkg. You can install multiple packages with one
> invocation of dpkg, for example.
>
>>- Application installer remembering from which directory
>> the last file was selected and opening the filesel
>> to the same dir next time (can be forgotten at
>> application exit)
>
> Yep, that should be fixed.
>
>
>>- After installing one file, application installer asking
>> with a dialog either:
>> - "Install another package from file? [OK] [Cancel]"
>> (so that I don't need to use the menus each time as that's
>> 3 clicks of differents keys instead of 1 additional select
>> click), or
>
> No, I think that would be too intrusive for the normal use case. We
> could add this feature for red-pill mode, tho. Patches welcome! :)
>
>> - "Add this directory as a package repository? [OK] [Cancel]"
>> (so that if I use the same MMC directory for transferring
>> more packages, I don't need to anymore use the fsel)
>
> That would be the proposed "dir://" method for apt: it would create
> the needed Packages file on the fly.
Can it also update the package list later on when doing "update"?
(if I have added new packages to the dir in the meanwhile)
One solution would be to have both of these alternatives:
"Do you want to add this directory as a repository,
or install another package from file?
[Add repository] [Install] [Cancel]"
>>Btw. I also tried adding "file:///media/mmc1/atari" as a repository
>>(+ disabling the other tableteer repo), but when I refreshed
>>the package list, Application installer disappeared.
>
> Whoops. Please file a bug about this.
If it repeats...
- Eero
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