you can try to install the .deb files directly
system("dpkg -i yourpackage.deb");
but probably it needs to be done as root, not sure how to handle this
situation on maemo5 ?
(perhaps system("sudo dpkg -i yourpackage.deb");cheers, Benno 2010/2/25 ibrahim <[email protected]>: > greetings; > > I was hoping to add enable installing some features/add-ons/updates in the > form of .deb packages (for example: font packages/ updates to my SW) from > within my Qt application. So, I used an approach similar to OTA > installation. I add a '.install' file in some server, open the link to that > install file inside my application using qwebkit's webview. and when the > user clicks on the link to the '.install' file, the > Hildon-application-manager gets invoked and my update package is installed. > but i faced the following problems: > first: the webkit component doesn't understand the association between the > .install file and the required application to open it. the qwebview either > displays the .install file as text in the browser or does nothing. > > I can overcome this problem by delegating the webl inks and handling them on > my own, ... when user clicks on the .install file's link, i can create a > QHTtp object to download the file to any location (say /tmp) > > but the real problem is : i have the .install file But i can't invoke the > app manager to install the package with the file. Calling the command > "hildon-aaplication-manager install_file.install " from system() or using a > QProcess object from within the code - OR EVEN from command-line as root - > returns the following: > in the console: the app manager requests a password (??? what password > should i provide ???) > then the app manager starts and shows the following notification: "Operation > Failed" > just like that. > > is there's a way to invoke the app manager to install a package from my Qt > code ??? > > any assistance is higly appreciated > thanks in advance; > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
