On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:18:28PM -0600, Mark wrote: > If it's in the application manager, you can install it from there. My > problem is that what I want to install isn't in the catalog for > OS2008, but it is hosted in the maemo repository - and *only* in the > repository. There are no addresses anywhere except for that maemo > repository, which I haven't been successful in browsing. There has to > be some generic Linux way of grabbing the file, given the info in the > .install file, but I haven't been able to find it yet. The following is for informational purposes only. You should never ever download debs directly -- either install them with the application installer, or use sudo apt-get install from a terminal. Installing debs directly is the "use a bigger hammer" approach to replacing a light bulb -- if you screw up, it's your own fault. There are two repository layouts. Suppose you have deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras bora free non-free in the .install file. Start browsing at http://repostitory.maemo.org/extras/dists/bora/free/ (or non-free) Note the extra 'dists/' URL component. Then look inside binary-armel. You'll find a 'Packages' file that mentions all installable packages and their locations. Sometimes the packages live there, and sometimes they live in a pool. The package URLs are relative to the initial URL, so in this particular instance, when Packages says Filename: pool/bora/free/p/pybluez/python2.5-bluez_0.9.1-1osso2_i386.deb you'd have to go to http://repostitory.maemo.org/extras/pool/bora/free/p/pybluez/python2.5-bluez_0.9.1-1osso2_i386.deb to get the deb. The other repository format is simpler: deb http://aeracode.org/maemo/2006 ./ Just go to http://aeracode.org/maemo/2006 and you'll find the Packages file (and most likely the debs) there. If it had said deb http://aeracode.org/maemo/2006 subdir/ you'd have to look in http://aeracode.org/maemo/2006/subdir. Marius Gedminas -- Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. "No" is the answer.
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