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[lelldorin]

@Earl_Colby_Pottinger

What I am complaining about the package manager is that it always goes to the internet for those dependencies, why can’t I point it to a folder instead where I have all the .hpkg files already downloaded? Why is not wanting internet requirement a negative.

This is a good idea. Please do a suggestion to it on the Haiku bug tracker: https://dev.haiku-os.org

[lelldorin]

@PulkoMandy

The thing to blame is not the package manager here. It’s the fact that it enables people to port things with dependencies, and people make use of the feature. Most of this software would not have been available at all without a package manager.

The importand thing is, that people does not install programs with every time ditherent folder paths for libs and drivers. So we does not have sld libs in ten folders for ten programs, we have only ten programs with the same libs, for example.

[brunobastardi]

The dependencies for an recipe could be listed too?!

[agmsmith]

@Earl_Colby_Pottinger

why can’t I point it to a folder instead where I have all the .hpkg files already downloaded?

You can, from the command line. If you have 3 packages already downloaded, say a.hpkg, b.hpkg, c.hpkg, then run this from the directory where you downloaded the files:

pkgman install a.hpkg b.hpkg c.hpkg

If all the interdependencies are fulfilled, it may be smart enough not to download anything. Nope, it still tries to access the repositories to update their contents. To avoid Internet access, you’ll have to drop all the repositories (use the “pkgman drop” command), then do the install, then at some later time when you want Internet repositories, add back the repositories (make a list before you drop them).

[Diver]

“pkgman drop” command is used to remove a repository.

[MrEntropy]

Speaking of pkgman, is anyone else having trouble with pkgman update?

[agmsmith]

Yes, the Haiku one isn’t working. Or rather, the https version isn’t working, change it to http. Probably the certificate on packages.haiku-os.org has expired.

[MrEntropy]

Ah. That could do it. Thanks!

[PulkoMandy]

It will try to connect, but it will fail to if there is no internet access, and still install the packages.
But right, in that precise case there issomething we can improve. Bugreport, please!

[Wildman]

@markh

I tried to create an account at BeBytes, but did not get the verification e-mail. The “Contact Us” link goes to a nonexistent page, so I have no idea who to contact. How can I get my account activated?

And nobody has mentioned that there was a bug with the email registration until now? regardless if anyone has tried to register in the past and not received the verification email, all the accounts have been manually verified.