Need help installing an activity

[Simon Schampijer]

shivaprasad javali wrote:
> Hi Bert,
> 
>           I tried sugar-install-bundle its giving me an error timeout in the
> network connection. Do i have to be connected in the network before I can
> run that command??

Did you run the command in the Terminal activity? In the virtual console you will 
have errors.

'''with sugar-install-bundle'''
# open the Terminal activity;
# type <tt>''sugar-install-bundle /media/<USB stick name>/<Activity name.xo>''</tt>


>          Also i tried Simon's suggestion in the follow up mail. When i try
> to install it through the browse activity it just stays on that page for a
> long time with a waiting mouse cursor and then abruptly quits without
> installing the activity. Also i cannot find an entry for that download in
> the journal

Hmm I would need logs to see what happened.

>      Can you think of anything that i might be doing wrong??  When I use
> unzip to unzip the .xo file in the appropriate directory and restart the
> xserver it works fine.

You can also install an activity from the Journal by dragging the .xo bundle from 
the USB device.

Simon


> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 02.06.2008, at 10:29, shivaprasad javali wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>     I prepared a .xo file for my application to be installed on the XO. I
>>> created the .xo file by running the zip command on the activity folder. Now
>>> if I have to install the activity through a thumb drive, I go to the
>>> terminal move to Activities folder and then unzip the .xo file there. Then I
>>> have to restart the xserver for my activity to show up on the home page.
>>>
>>>
>>>    Is there any way I can install the activity like this without having to
>>> restart the xserver or restart the xserver implicitly??
>>>
>> Yes. Use "sugar-install-bundle /path/to/bundle.xo" from the Terminal
>> activity, which unzips the activity and tells the Sugar shell that it was
>> installed.
>>
>>     Also can I do the installation through the journal if I have the .xo
>>> file on a thumb drive??
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Clicking the .xo in the Journal view of your USB drive will install
>> it.
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>>
>>
> 
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