Custom web browser protocol to install from apt-get

[Arwyn Hainsworth]

Most things that make life easier are good things. As long as you can still
do things the hard way I see no reason why a simpler form of package
installation shouldn't exist.

On the other hand implementing a browser protocol for apt-get is not the
right way to go about solving the problem. A far better solution would be a
dpkg wrapper that is executed for debs when the correct MIME is given. IE
when you click the .deb file in the browser it gives you a 'open with deb
installer' dialog instead of the 'open with archive-roller' it gives atm.

IIRC something like this has been proposed earlier.

Arwyn Hainsworth

On 19/03/06, martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org> wrote:
>
> also sprach Jason Taylor <killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com> [2006.03.19.1158+0100]:
> > I was thinking a similar thing for apt-get would be cool, so in
> > a web page you could have a link to apt-get-install://banshee and
> > that would trigger asking for the sudo password and then install
> > from the existing repo list, could even ui it by tying into
> > synaptic so you get a pretty progress bar.
> >
> > As a bonus maybe also apt-get-add-repo://
>
> One thing I appreciate about Debian-derived distributions is that
> they don't try to do too much magic.
>
> > Anybody else think this would be usefull, users would never have
> > to drop to command line you could have links on the howto page
> > instead.....
>
> I suppose it depends on the target audience. If Ubuntu users must be
> shielded from the real work, then it's certainly a worthwhile idea.
>
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