Fremantle closed packages/MaemoBrowser

PR-1.3

This page describes several packages which forms Maemo Browser.

Some of them are now open sourced, and then there are some old (Maemo4) source code. This is list of packages

browser-neteal 
osso-browser 
tablet-bookmark-manager 
tablet-browser-controls
tablet-browser-daemon
tablet-browser-default-plugin
tablet-browser-dialogs
tablet-browser-mediaplayer-plugin
tablet-browser-ui
tablet-browser-view
tablet-browser-widgets 
osso-bookmark-engine
tablet-browser-bookmarks-mr0 

Open packages:

browser-neteal:
http://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/client-server/trunk/neteal/?root=browser

tablet-browser-daemon:
http://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/client-server/trunk/server/?root=browser
(this provides: /usr/sbin/browserd)

Discussion about opening more of them: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=75590



It is possible to remove MaemoBrowser entirely and use some of alternative web browser (for browsing, they will yet integrate as good as default one).

How to remove MaemoBrowser:

#Step1: remove easy packages
apt-get remove --purge browser-neteal osso-browser \
tablet-bookmark-manager \
tablet-browser-controls \
tablet-browser-daemon \
tablet-browser-default-plugin \
tablet-browser-dialogs \
tablet-browser-mediaplayer-plugin \
tablet-browser-ui \
tablet-browser-view \
tablet-browser-widgets 

rm /etc/X11/Xsession.post/30tablet-browser-daemon
Step2: install hildon-home which is compiled without osso-bookmarks
wget http://cc.oulu.fi/~rantalai/maemo/freemantle/hildon-home_0.3.70-1+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg -i hildon-home_0.3.70-1+0m5_armel.deb

With this hildon-home

*bookmarks on desktop doesn't have images.
*Adding new elements to the desktop doesn't have 'new bookmark'

(but if you have MaemoBrowser removed, bookmarks on desktop will not work any way)

Step3: remove end of the MaemoBrowser
apt-get remove --purge osso-bookmark-engine \
tablet-browser-bookmarks-mr0

(Step2 and Step3 are optionals. Step1 and Step3 can be merged if Step2 has done already)



If removed

*Not critical (if you really don't have /etc/X11/Xsession.post/tablet-browser-daemon trying to start browserd and reboot when fails)
*There will be no anymore application 'web'
*Bookmarks on desktop won't start
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