[maemo-users] Offline installation of applications

[From: Marius Vollmer]

ext Hinrich Göhlmann <hgoehlma at gmail.com> writes:

> But whenever I try to install VIM "from file..." it gives me the
> dialogue "connecting..." and of course never finds something.  When
> I cancel I just get the "Unable to refresh list." dialog and that's
> it!

This sounds as if you don't have the vim package itself, but just the
"vim.install" file.  A .install file doesn't contain the application
itself, it just contains instructions for the Application Manager
where to find the application.