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

Supported commands

./xo-get.py update
./xo-get.py list     ['categories' / category_name / 'gcompris']
./xo-get.py search   keyword
./xo-get.py install  activity_name / activity_file.xo
./xo-get.py remove   activity_name / activity_file.xo / activity_directory
./xo-get.py start    activity_name
./xo-get.py status   ['log']

Explanation:

update	Updates the Database
list	Lists installable Activities
search	Searches for tags, names, descriptions
install	Installs the given Activity
remove	Removes an Activity
start	Starts Activity
status	List all installed Activities

Usage

Installation of xo-get

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

Installation of xo-get GUI

./xo-get.py install xo-get

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!

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.

Known Issues / Bugs

For the beginning, please add any bugs you may find to this list. Thanks!

• Add an item
• xo-get status does not work via ssh. You have to be in X, or you get a dbus exception

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

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