Xo-get

News: GTK Graphical User Interface (xoget.xo)

News

We are currently working on a Graphical User Interface for xo-get (with GTK):

• Xo-get/Xo-get-gtk
• Alpha Version: xoget.xo

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. Activity Repository: Activities
4. Source Repository: dev.laptop.org
5. Can install GCompris activities
6. Installing & removing via local .xo files or downloaded bundles
7. ActivityBundle.install(), Unzipping, ActivityBundle.uninstall()
8. Infos stored in a local sqlite3 db (in ~/.xo_get/activities.db)
9. 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']

Usage

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 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 CC Licensing Activity:

./xo-get.py install cc

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

Help Wanted

• Anyone interested to help in developing a simple GTK interface? Mail chris at linuxuser.at

Screenshots