[maemo-developers] invoking the application manager programatically in Qt

[From: Daniil Ivanov]

  BTW, QDesktopServices in Qt 4.6 is using the same method.

Thanks, Daniil.

2010/2/28 Daniil Ivanov <daniil.ivanov at gmail.com>:
> Hi!
>
> There is hildon_uri_open methon in libhildonmime, which wraps this dbus call.
>  And of course you should not use QHttp as it was deprecated in favour
> of QNetworkAccessManager.
>
> Thanks, Daniil.
>
> 2010/2/28 Victor Manuel Jáquez Leal <ceyusa at gmail.com>:
>> hildon-application-manager exports  a dbus method called "mime_open":
>>
>> dbus-send --type=method_call \
>>             --print-reply \
>>             --dest='com.nokia.hildon_application_manager' \
>>             /com/nokia/hildon_application_manager \
>>             com.nokia.hildon_application_manager.mime_open \
>>            string:'/home/user/MyDocs/fosdem-schedule_0.3_fremantle.deb'
>>
>> Also there's another dbus method called "install_file" where you set
>> the XID of your window and the installation work flow will be embedded
>> in you application... in theory, because it's not tested.
>>
>> vmjl
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM, ibrahim <ibrahim.ali at asgatech.com> wrote:
>>> greetings;
>>>
>>> I was hoping to add enable installing some features/add-ons/updates in the
>>> form of .deb packages (for example: font packages/ updates to my SW) from
>>> within my  Qt application. So, I used an approach similar to OTA
>>> installation. I add a '.install' file in some server, open the link to that
>>> install file inside my application using qwebkit's webview. and when the
>>> user clicks on the link to the '.install' file, the
>>> Hildon-application-manager gets invoked and my update package is installed.
>>> but i faced the following problems:
>>> first: the webkit component doesn't understand the association between the
>>> .install file and the required application to open it. the qwebview either
>>> displays the .install file as text in the browser or does nothing.
>>>
>>> I can overcome this problem by delegating the webl inks and handling them on
>>> my own, ... when user clicks on the .install file's link, i can create a
>>> QHTtp object to download the file to any location (say /tmp)
>>>
>>> but the real problem is : i have the .install file But i can't invoke the
>>> app manager to install the package with the file. Calling the command
>>> "hildon-aaplication-manager install_file.install " from system() or using a
>>> QProcess object from within the code  - OR EVEN from command-line as root -
>>>  returns the following:
>>> in the console: the app manager requests a password (??? what password
>>> should i provide ???)
>>> then the app manager starts and shows the following notification: "Operation
>>> Failed"
>>> just like that.
>>>
>>> is there's a way to invoke the app manager to install a package from my Qt
>>> code ???
>>>
>>> any assistance is  higly appreciated
>>> thanks in advance;
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