Nokia N900 - View, install, and edit catalogues

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View, install, and edit catalogues

You can view, install, edit, and delete catalogues. It may not

be possible to edit or delete preinstalled catalogues.
Select

>

App manager

.

View available catalogues

Open the Application manager menu, and select

Application catalogues

. A list of catalogues is displayed. If

refreshing a catalogue fails, select the catalogue name to

view the details.

Install a catalogue

You can only install a catalogue's packages if the catalogue is

installed on your device. If you select an .install file, for

example, from a website, and the catalogue needed to fulfil

all dependencies is not installed on your device, you are

prompted to install the catalogue. If you cancel the

installation, you will not be able to install any of the

packages.
1 Open the Application manager menu, and select

Application catalogues

>

New

.

2 Define the catalogue name.

3 Define the web address, distribution, and components

details, provided by the catalogue owner.

4 To enable or disable a catalogue, clear or select the

Disabled

check box. If you disable a catalogue, the device

does not search for updates or software packages from

it.

5 Select

Save

.

Edit a catalogue

You can edit the information of each catalogue. You can also

disable a catalogue to hide its packages in the Application

manager.
Certain essential catalogues only allow you to enable or

disable the catalogue, you cannot edit any other information.
1 Open the Application manager menu, and select

Application catalogues

and the catalogue.

2 Edit the details.

3 To enable or disable a catalogue, clear or select the

Disabled

check box.