I'm trying to find and install a package, the setuptools for python2.5. The package appears to be available online, but I have no success in getting the applicatin manager to see it. What am I dong wrong? And why do I have to translate betwen four different notations for describing repositories by trial and error? I start by searching on gronmeyer. Gronmeyer says: Diablo maemo extras http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ diablo | free non-free Show packages Dls: 10073 Status: Repository is online last update: 10/06/2008 04:33:06 (GMT +0200) Package: python2.5-setuptools (v. 0.6c6-1osso3) Let's call this notation number 1. I try to enter this into my application manager. I get the list of catalogues, and press 'New", and get a 'New catalogue' window where I get to fill in Catalogue name: Web address: Distribution: Components: user Disabled: This form is notation 2. Now I suppose I get to choose a name for Catalogue name, but the obvious one is Diablo maemo extras The web address is presumably http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ But what to dill in for Distribution and Components.? Could it be diablo and free non-free But what am I to do with the "user" that's already filled into the Components entry? Presumably I don't check disabled. Is is a failure of the gronmayer site that is isn't clear where all these words go? I close, I check for updates, and look at the new package list. I choose "all", but python2.5-setuptools is not available to be installed. I reopen the repositories list, and it contains: Diablo maemo extras - failed to refresh Clicking on it tells me: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/diablo/user/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP:96.6.121.19 80] Call that notation number 3. There is indeed no user within http://repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/diablo/ But there is 'free'. Even though the field called 'Components:" is tagged with a word in the plural, it seems to have ignored the 'free' and 'nonfree' I typed i there. I'll go back and change that field. Instead of saying 'user free nonfree', it will just say 'free'. OK. Close. Checking for updates. Package still not there. Back to Application manager->tools->application catalogue. Diablo maemo extras is not on the list, but the package is still not present. There certainly does exist a directory http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/diablo/free/p/python-setuptools/ containing Parent Directory 15.12.2008 02:43 - python2.5-setuptools_0.6c6-1osso2_armel.deb 30.06.2008 17:19 128788 python2.5-setuptools_0.6c6-1osso2_i386.deb 30.06.2008 17:19 128778 python2.5-setuptools_0.6c6-1osso3_armel.deb 24.09.2008 18:12 128778 python2.5-setuptools_0.6c6-1osso3_i386.deb 24.09.2008 18:12 128760 so it sure looks as if there should be a package python2.5-setuptools. Just to be complete, I'll mention notation number 4. On web page http://repository.maemo.org/ there are a set of deb lines. diablo extras deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ diablo free deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ diablo free This is notation 4. Presumably I need deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ diablo free I Log in as root. I look at /etc/apt/sources.list It is empty -- a zero-length file. Not what I had expected. But there's /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ which contains a file hildon-application-manager.list It contains, at the end, the line deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ diablo free which seems to be the correct notation-4 version of the repository I need. So tell me, why can the application manager not find the package? And why are there so many notations without an obvious way to translate between them except for tedious trial and error? And have I still done something wrong? -- hendrik _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
