Chapter 11 Package Management

Table 56 Applications > Package Management

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Enable

This option is only for non built-in packages.

 

 

Choose the item(s) on the list and click this to enable the application(s) on your

 

system.

 

 

This is only available if you have previously installed the package.

 

 

 

Disable

This option is only for non built-in packages.

 

 

Choose the item(s) on the list and click this to disable the application on your system.

 

You have to enable the application again in order to use it.

 

This is only available if you have previously installed the package.

 

 

Package Info

Select an item on the list and click this to display information about the package. See

 

Section 11.4.1 on page 232 for more details.

 

 

 

 

Status

This is the current status of the application. It shows:

 

 

• Not Installed - This displays for applications that have not been installed by the

 

NSA.

 

 

• Installing (%) - This displays when the application is being installed. It also shows

 

the percent of the package already installed.

 

 

• Built-in- This displays for applications installed by the NSA that you can configure

 

in the NSA Web Configurator.

 

 

• Enabled - This displays for applications installed

and enabled by the NSA that

 

have their own web configurators.

 

 

• Disabled - This displays for applications installed

and disabled by the NSA that

 

have their own web configurators.

 

 

• Unknown - It is possible to get this status if the web location for the application is

 

unavailable.

 

 

 

 

Package Name

This is the name of the application.

 

 

 

Requires

This shows the other packages required in order to run this application.

 

Note: A package would be disabled/enabled simultaneously if its prerequisite package(s)

 

 

has been disabled/enabled. For example, when you enable WordPress, this also

 

 

enables PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin automatically. However when you enable

 

 

PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, this does not automatically enable WordPress.

 

 

 

Version

This is the version number of the item.

 

 

The

icon indicates that the application has a newer version available. Move your

 

mouse over this icon to see the latest version number. Choose this item and click

 

Install/Upgrade.

 

 

 

 

Description

This shows a brief description of the application.

 

 

 

Management

This shows the location of the screens or web configurator where you can manage the

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application (after the package has been installed on the system).

 

 

 

 

Note: Once you install an application and enable it, additional links show up in the navigation panel. This applies to eMule, DyDNS, NFS, SMART and BackupPlanner. For Gallery, PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, SqueezeCenter and WordPress, you can access the applications’ web configurators through the Package Management screen.

 

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