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Given the restrictions imposed on OTA packages by FW 5.5.x, and to scratch an itch than had been bothering me for a while, here comes the MobileRead Package Installer (aka., MRPI)!
What Does It Do?: This is a KUAL extension, that will plug into the Helper menu a single Install MR Packages button. Notice the plural, we'll come back to that later ![]() This provides an alternate to the good old Update Your Kindle UI to install the various packages offered on MR in the form of update packages (.bin). It supports the full range of devices able to run KUAL (... but can be run outside of KUAL if need be ![]() Why reinvent the wheel? Besides overcoming the restrictions imposed by FW >= 5.5.x on OTA packages, it provides a few interesting (for us) advantages: • You can automatically chain multiple update packages (and it handles a basic dependency chain, prioritizing stuff if needed [jb, usbnet, python, rp]) • On FW 5.x, it doesn't force a full reboot on you (something that the vast majority of our packages don't need) [it also doesn't kill USBNet]. In short, it's noticeably more efficient ![]() Latest Updates (06/04/2019): INSTALL: Spoiler:
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Last edited by NiLuJe; 06-04-2019 at 12:53 PM. Reason: v1.7.N |
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*reserved*
(also, *inserts evil laugh here*) NB: Right now, you'll only see progress information with my own packages. Not a problem with ixtab's packages, which have always used a custom feedback mechanism ![]() This is an initial release, so it may not be utterly bug-free. I've only tested this with my own packages, on a K5 & a K4. Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-18-2015 at 06:33 PM. |
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Okay, I just want to say this is totally awesome!
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Quick but important notice until I can look into it:
Regardless of what we've said so far, DON'T use (the current version) on FW 5.6.x. It's subtly broken right now, and that can lead to fairly impressive breakage. EDIT: Confirmed that the biggest part of the issue should be limited to FW 5.6.1 Last edited by NiLuJe; 11-16-2014 at 09:28 PM. |
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Hi NiLuJe.
Thanks a lot for your job. I think it is very useful extension. |
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"that can lead to fairly impressive breakage"
I had to laugh, though it's not really funny, and I concur after further testing. |
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Here you say "the biggest issue". Is there another issue, that might break on other firmwares? |
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@eschwartz: Hopefully not
![]() Last edited: Today at 03:28. I probably wasn't thinking straight anymore at that point ^^. |
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@pghaworth: Noted, thanks
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Okay, released 1.1.N with the few minor fixes accumulated since the initial release.
It's still not FW 5.6.1 ready, but it should at least die gracefully in case of trouble, to avoid shooting yourself in the foot ![]() It might be *overly* strict, and uncover bugs in some install scripts. If you encounter a repeatable failure when installing a specific package, give me a shout, and I'll look into it. |
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Released v1.3.N, because I forgot to release 1.2.N ;p.
Minor fixes, and fixed the actual packaging to match the doc. |
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Is it possible to choose the order the package are installed?
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