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.linuxuser.at
chmod u+x xo-get.py

1. Source (GPL)
2. Screenshots
3. Public Repository: 32 Activities (add your .xo now!)
4. Project Page @ Olpc-Austria
5. Installing & removing via local .xo files or downloaded bundles
6. ActivityBundle.install(), Unzipping, ActivityBundle.uninstall()
7. Infos stored in a local sqlite3 db (in ~/.xo_get/activities.db)
8. Successfully tested on the xo (build_648)
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

Help Wanted

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

Screenshots