This is my first time ever with Haiku/BeOS, and so far i’m liking it very much.
I’ve read i can update the installed packages by using the “pkgman” package manager, but it’s not installed by default.
How can i install it?
Sorry if this is a noob question, i’m a complete newbie.
/boot/system/apps/HaikuDepot work fine
Update OS - script :
#!/bin/sh
pkgman add-repo http://www.haiku-files.org/haiku/master/repo/x86_gcc2/current
pkgman update -y
sync
shutdown -r
Hi LNHX!
Sounds like you are using the Alpha4 release.
Packagemanagement wasn’t available back when Alpha4 came out. You need a nightly image. Then you have HaikuDepot as GUI application or pkgman from the commandline.
Regards,
Humdinger
Yes, i have Alpha 4.1 (downloaded from the link on the official site.)
I’ll try the nightly image, Thank you.
A liittle off-topic:
I installed haiku on my real machine (home desktop).
And everything, from sound to USB ports is working properly, it’s blazing fast and has a very small footprint…
I’m looking forward for a final release. Great job!
Unfortunately i coudn’t get the latest nightly build to boot on this machine.
I can successfully install it, but it gives me a kernel panic when booting from the hard drive: “Unexpected error: Divide Error Exception”.
Could anyone help?
Boot livecd - terminal - listdev ?
http://www.haiku-files.org/haiku/development/haiku-nightly-hrev47119-x86gcc2hybrid-cd.zip
BIOS - AHCI mode ?
hard drive - MBR or GPT ?
Maybe it’s the same bug described in <a href=#10717 (KDL trying to mount boot filesystem during bootup) – Haiku">ticket #10717. If you can boot from the USB stick, you could mount the HDD-installed Haiku partition and see if the /system/var/logs/syslog shows something and add that to the #10717 ticket.
Maybe disconnecting the optical drive, as described there, works for you as well.
The “Welcome” page has a link on how to file a good bug report. Maybe your collected info can help fix the bug.
Regards,
Humdinger
hi
i have the same kernel panic msg,the workaround is to put a cd/dvd no blanc cd though in the cd drive before booting haiku,until the bug is fixed.
[quote=LNHX]Unfortunately i coudn’t get the latest nightly build to boot on this machine.
I can successfully install it, but it gives me a kernel panic when booting from the hard drive: “Unexpected error: Divide Error Exception”.
Could anyone help?[/quote]
I’m getting this same error. it works fine with something in a USB port, though. it’s bizarre
[quote=khallebal]hi
i have the same kernel panic msg,the workaround is to put a cd/dvd no blanc cd though in the cd drive before booting haiku,until the bug is fixed.[/quote]
go into the safemode options, and try disabling IDE DMA
see if that helps.