Application:Preware
Preware - Version: Alpha 0.5.0
(17 Aug 2009) (first public release)
Summary
Preware is a package management application for the Palm Pre. Preware allows the user to install any package from any of the open standard package repositories on preware.org (or any other location that hosts an open standard package repository). Preware relies on a custom written service developed from community research which allows the mojo app to talk to the built-in ipkg tool.
Status
This is alpha software. Even so, it is at least as useful for managing applications as any of the other application installer utilities.
License
Please be aware that org.webosinternals.preware and org.webosinternals.ipkgservice are licensed under the GPLv2.
They cannot be used by a closed source application. If you want to use them in a non-GPLv2 but otherwise open source application, please contact the authors.
Operating notes
Recent enhancements
Known bugs
Installation
Please use the WebOS Quick Install tool to install the Package Manager Service and the Preware application. Make sure you install the Package Manager Service first and the Preware application second, otherwise you will need to reboot your Pre after installation.
Note that Preware works just as well on the Emulator as it does on a real device, and is installed in exactly the same way.
Updating
You should use Preware to update itself.
Removal
Please use the WebOS Quick Install tool to remove Preware and the Package Manager Service (in that order).
Repository
Preware is housed in the Applications section of the WebOS Internals git repository. http://git.webos-internals.org/
Source code for the Mojo app can be browsed at http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/applications/trees/master/preware
Source code for the service can be browsed at http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/applications/trees/master/ipkgservice
For commit permission to the project, contact rwhitby on #webos-internals or email [support@webos-internals.org]