On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:37:21PM +0200, ibrahim wrote: > I created a local repository to host some test applications for Maemo > fremantle device - and YES, the repository folders are visible to the > phone- Added some packages and ran the "dpkg-scanpackages" utility to > generate the "Package " and "Package.gz" files with no errors. > > _the contents of the Package file :_ > > Package: hello > Section: base ... > opening the install file on the device with the Application Manager adds > the catalogue to the catalogues list, the installation procedure starts > saying:"preparing for the installation, please wait" > but the Application manager says that it couldn't download the > application : "unable to download 'hello'. Application package not > found".
Where have I seen this question before?
The Application Manager doesn't let the user install packages from
Section: base. It doesn't let the user install packages from sections
not starting with "user/".
> I tried to download the application from the Xterminal application -
> using the gainroot program:
> apt-get install hello
> And surprisingly, the application manages to download and install !!!!!
> the question is : What is wrong with the way i deployed the application
> that the Application Manager refuses to install it, yet it is downloaded
> from the command line ? Am i missing something?
Command-line tools such apt or dpkg do not enforce the "user/" section
restriction.
Marius Gedminas
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