Storeman currently supports multiple releases of Sailfish OS so there are many packages on OpenRepos. As one can see from the comments, it could be quiet complicated to figure out which package is required for a particular device.
The Chum Team’s experience prompted me to develop a simple architecture-independent installer that adds an OBS repository to the device and selects an appropriate version of Storeman RPM using standard tools like PackageKit, Zypper and libsolv. As an addition I finally configured OBS builds for Storeman!
After “installing the installer” you will see its icon in the apps grid. Tapping on it would call a two-line bash script that simply refreshes the local repository cache and installs the harbor-storeman RPM. The installer itself is removed automatically.
Hi mentaljam, got myself an Xperia 10 ii a few days ago, couldn’t install Storeman to begin with.
Just seen this post and tried it, the procedure worked/installed exactly as you have described.
Thanks +1!
Also, the apps list looks very narrow on Xperia 10 ii, okay in landscape but squashed up toward the middle of the screen in portrait. Should I post a separate bug report??
Does this mean our chum builds will be available? What about the accounts/apps we maintain old school? I’m gradually moving to obs (9 apps so far) but can’t move everything and would guess we have some work to do?
After I saw Storeman 1.0.0 in OpenRepos I uninstalled my previous version of Storeman, installed and ran Storeman-Installer which installed Storeman 0.2.9 and ran pkcon refresh.
Storeman says it’s still on Version 0.2.9, it shows Storeman 1.0.0 but claims that Storeman wasn’t installed, hence it doesn’t offer an update. Selecting Install from the pulley menu is followed by a never ending rotating doughnut with the text Installing but nothing happens until I restart Storeman which in return still claims that Storeman wasn’t installed.
“Storeman” page at OpenRepos now contains only the installer package which now is 1.0.1. The last version of Storeman is 0.2.9 while I’m writing this comment. The installer cannot be installed if Storeman is already istalled.
I have renamed the OpenRepos page to “Storeman Installer” to make it more clear. Also I will check why Storeman itself shows you the “Install” menu entry for the installer.
Jolla Store has several strict limitations about the apps it accepts, therefore many (most) apps are only available on the 3-rd party Openrepos software repository. Storeman is a client for Openrepos (although you could access Openrepos via web browser, download apk packages and install them, Storeman makes things easier adding a Store-like interface). This is not a Jolla project and Jolla, of course, does not charge anything for it.
The charge question was about inclusion in the the official store, not the Storeman (Installer) itself. Ok, so there are some other reasons (for the absence of Storeman Installer in the official store).
