Access Repositories on the Maemo Nokia N900
Applications in Maemo categorized into three parts. Extras, Extras-Testing and Extras-Devel. Extras their house applications that are ready for all users, Extras-Testing applications that are not ready for normal users and are in a sort of beta. Extras-Devel is the place where the application is when they are in alpha mode and certainly not ready for the average consumer.
As you can imagine, the idea is to protect consumers from the new applications that can cause crashes, slow performance and other serious problems in the N900. But if you feel that you are up a beta tester and get access to the latest application as soon as they come out, then the following will help you enable the repositories mentioned above on your Nokia N900 with a single click, or even manually if you choose.
Enable Repositories Automatically :
In order to enable each repository, open this page from your N900 and simply click on the corresponding link below:
Note: You will need to enable the extras-testing repository manually be following the steps below.
Enable Repositories Manually :
Doing this manually is also possible, although it involves a little more work.
Enable Extras
- Go into the Application manager.
- Tap the menu -> Tools -> Application Catalogs
- Double-tap maemo Extras.
- Uncheck Disabled.
Enable Extras-Testing :
- Goto Application manager –> Application catalogs –> New
- Catalog name: maemo.org extras-testing
- Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing
- Distribution: fremantle
- Components: free non-free
Enable Extras-Devel :
- Goto Application manager –> Application catalogs –> New
- Catalog name: Maemo Extras-devel
- Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
- Distribution: fremantle
- Components: free non-free
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