Application Manager¶
Note
Using this application, you can manage additional applications - the ones which are not preinstalled, or third party apps - installing, updating, and uninstalling them.
The main window looks like this:
You have the following options:
Other options you can find in the In-app menu:
Application catalogs¶
Here are the software catalogs (repositories), from where applications can be installed.
Some are configured by default, but custom ones can also be added.
Tapping on one of them allows you to modify it.
Warning
The custom catalogs can be edited, while the default ones, cannot. If you tap on a default catalog, you will receive an error message, like this one:
Tapping on New allows you to add a custom catalog.
You have the following options:
Catalog name - The displayed name of the catalog
Web address - The address on web where the catalog is stored
Distribution - The Devuan version corresponding to or compatible with the installed Maemo Leste version.
Components - The components of the catalog which should be included in the application list
Disabled - Check to disable/deactivate this catalog (but still keep the configuration in the catalog list)
Tip
The application catalog entries are basically Debian-style repositiory entries, so their description and behavior are similar to those.
Log¶
Here you can see the details of application management and processing, as they would appear if ran from the terminal.
You also have the following options:
Clear log¶
This deletes the previous entries in the log, emptying the text window.
Save log¶
This way you can save the current log to a text file.
If desired, change the name of the file to save, instead of the default name: Log.
Tip
See Input and keyboard about how to input text.
And tapping on Location allows you to save the log file in a different folder than the default (Documents).
Navigate to the desired folder.
Tap on New to create a new folder at the current location.
If desired, change the name of the file to save, from the default name: Folder.
Tap on Save to create the new folder.
And again, on Save, to save the log file.
Restore applications¶
Note
Unexpected behavior: It’s not obvious what this option does, or whether it works.
Install¶
Here you can install additional applications.
Tap on All to see all available applications, or pick a category:
Network
Desktop
Education
Games
Graphics
Location & Navigation
Multimedia
Office
System
Utilities
Other options you can find in the In-app menu:
When you select a category, or choose to display all applications, you will be shown the corresponding list of applications available to install:
Tap on the application you want to install:
Check I understand and agree to agree with installing a third-party app, and thus accept the associated potential risks.
Tapping on Details shows you more information about the applications you are going to install. It will contain more tabs, each one of them containing different types of information.
Details in the Summary tab:
Application
Maintainer
Status
Category
Available version
Download size
Catalog
The Description tab shows the description of the application, describing what it is, what it does, and so on…
The Installing tab provides information about the the amount of storage space the application will take.
Close the Details menu, by tapping outside it (see Area around menus).
Then tap on Continue, when you want to start installing the application.
It will require some steps, each one of them shown in the progress bar.
Preparing for installation, please wait
Installing ‘Application’
Downloading xxx kB
Installing ‘Application’ (Indeterminate progress bar)
Installing ‘Application’ (Determinate progress bar)
This signals that the application was successfully installed.
Tap outside this notification (see Area around notifications) to exit.
Download¶
This refers to downloading and installing applications, so check Install.
Update¶
Here you can see whether there are updates to install for your applications.
When you enter this page manually, an automatic search for updates will be triggered.
If there are no updates available, you will see the following message: (no updates available)
If there are updates available, then you will see something like this:
Tap on Update all to update all applications.
Other options you can find in the In-app menu:
Update all¶
When you choose to update all applications, you will be shown a summary, and asked to confirm.
Tap on Continue to start updating all applications.
You can also tap on individual applications in this list, to update only that particular application.
Tapping on Details shows you more information about the applications you are going to install. It will contain more tabs, each one of them containing different types of information.
Details in the Summary tab:
Application
Maintainer
Status
Category
Installed version
Size
Available version
Download size
Catalog
The Updating tab provides information about the amount of extra storage space the update of application will take.
Close the Details menu, by tapping outside it (see Area around menus).
Check I understand and agree to agree with installing the update for a third-party app, and thus accept the associated potential risks.
Then tap on Continue to proceed with the installation of the update.
It will require some steps, each one of them shown in the progress bar.
Preparing for installation, please wait
Updating ‘Application’ (Indeterminate progress bar)
Updating ‘Application’ (Determinate progress bar)
This signals that the updates were successfully installed.
Tap outside this notification (see Area around notifications) to exit.
Refresh¶
This will manually refresh the list of acailable application versions, determining if there are new updates available.
If there are no new updates available for your installed applications, you will be shown the message All applications are already installed.
If there are new updates available for your installed applications, the New software updates menu will appear, offering the following options:
Ignore - Do not install the new updates now.
Continue - You will be taken to the Update page.
Uninstall¶
Here you can remove the already installed additional applications.
Tap on the application which you want to uninstall.
Other options you can find in the In-app menu:
You will be asked to confirm uninstalling the application, by tapping on Uninstall.
But if you first want more information about the application, you can tap on Details. It contains more tabs, each one of them containing different types of information.
Details in the Summary tab:
Application
Maintainer
Status
Category
Installed version
Size
The Description tab shows the description of the application, describing what it is, what it does, and so on…
The Uninstalling tab provides information about the the amount of storage space the removal of application will free up.
Close the Details menu, by tapping outside it (see Area around menus).
Then you can finally tap on Uninstall to proceed with the unistallation of the application.
It will require some steps, each one of them shown in the progress bar.
Uninstalling ‘Application’ (Indeterminate progress bar)
Uninstalling ‘Application’ (Determinate progress bar)
This signals that the application was successfully uninstalled.
Tap outside this notification (see Area around notifications) to exit.