Xo-get

XO-Get

is a very simple package-installer / manager, used for installing, testing and removing activities for / on the xo-laptop. Installation:

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

1. Source (GPL)
2. Screenshots
3. Public Repository: Activities
4. Installing & removing via local .xo files or downloaded bundles
5. ActivityBundle.install(), Unzipping, ActivityBundle.uninstall()
6. Infos stored in a local sqlite3 db (in ~/.xo_get/activities.db)
7. Successfully tested on the xo (build_648)
8. Supported commands:

./xo-get.py update
./xo-get.py list     ['categories' / category_name]
./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
./xo-get.py status   ['log']

Tips & Tricks

• Search, list and install 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 SimCity:

./xo-get.py install sim

Help Wanted

• Anyone interested in developing a simple GTK interface? That would be so awesome! Please contact chris at olpc dot at

Screenshots