Xo-get

XO-Get is a very simple package-installer / manager, used for installing, testing and removing activities for / on the xo-laptop and emulators. News: We are currently developing a Graphical User Interface with PyGTK

About xo-get

• xo-get.py (GPL)
• Source Tree
• Activity Repositories
• Graphical User Interface

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Usage

Installation of xo-get

wget http://xo-get.olpc.at/xo-get.py
chmod u+x xo-get.py

Update the xo-get repository database

./xo-get.py update

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Usage Examples

List installed Activities

./xo-get.py status

Installing & Removing

./xo-get.py install simcity
./xo-get.py remove simcity

Local .xo files

./xo-get install simcity.xo
./xo-get remove simcity.xo

Name Assistant

• Search, list, install and remove activities with typing only the beginning of the activity's/category's name as parameter

List the category "Fun Games":

./xo-get.py list fun

Install CC Licensing Activity:

./xo-get.py install cc

Removing simcity

./xo-get.py remove simc

GCompris

List GCompris activities:

./xo-get.py list gcompris

Install GCompris activities:

./xo-get install gcompris-...

Install all GCompris activities (> 100):

./xo-get install gcompris

Repositories

Newer versions of xo-get (>1.0) use a central repository (xml), which is synced daily with the sub-'repositories'. Advantages of this structure are

• 'xo-get update' will not break on changes in the repositories
• supplying with filesizes and system-names (which sometimes differ from the wiki-names)
• much less traffic on updates
• backup repositories

Repository Listing:

1. Activities
2. http://gcompris.net/incoming/xo/

It's possible to add / change repositories on request (mail). Also, any ideas for further developments are welcome!

Bugs / Issues

Please file a ticket for any bug you find to the 'xo-get' component here: http://dev.laptop.org/newticket

Feature Request / Wishlist

• Add an item

Improvements

• Position Quit-button the standard way / use the Toolbar
• Better Installation and Removal Feedback
• Auto-Refresh, Refresh with graphical representation
• Bigger Scrollbars / Autoscroll on KeyDown
• Less scrolling: Wrap Description, Changable width of columns
• Better "Information": Icon, Version Number
• Highlight Activities without checking
• Hide Apply Button after Installation (which does nothing)
  • Change the "Close" button label to "Show List". "Close" currently implies closing the application given the current context of the application and the full screen dialog box.
• checkbox for showing version #.
• Legend.. what the heck does the (*) mean ???
• Group activities by, and alpha sort list (Allow collapsible groups)
  • Base pre-installed, non-removable
  • Installed Activities
  • Groups of packaged activities, such as GCompris
• Arrow keys
  • Left/Right - scroll left/right
  • Up/Down - scroll up/down
• Remove all custom packages, [Button] (except of course xo-get :)

New Features

• Self-Update screen for the GUI
• Preferences
  • where to save files
  • clean old .xo's
• GUI: Install .xo from disk / usb
• Button for 'check for Activity updates' (compare installed versions with versions available)
  • Button for 'update all'
• Add entries for installed activities in the Journal for a common deletion/removal mechanism.

Changelog

• 1.2.3: Switched to one central repository, lots of minor fixes

Contributors

Author

• Chris Hager (chris at linuxuser dot at)

Testering

• Jaume Nualart
• ixo - testering as much as I can. Submitted bug reports.

If you have ideas *and* some spare time: contact us! This project is open for anyone :-)

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