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 working on a PyGTK Graphical User Interface for xo-get (alpha version).

About xo-get

• Source (GPL)
• dev.laptop.org
• Repository: Activities

Supported commands

./xo-get.py update
./xo-get.py list     ['categories' / category_name / 'gcompris']
./xo-get.py search   activity_name / tag
./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