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Comparisons have been drawn to Docker, and to traditional ROM game-carts.
Comparisons have been drawn to Docker, and to traditional ROM game-carts.


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== Installing/updating software ==
 
TODO: download from repository, put it in the root directory on an SD card, or put it in <code>/home/USER/...?</code>.
 
== Further reading ==
* [http://pandorawiki.org/Introduction_to_PNDs Introduction to PNDs on the OpenPandora wiki]
* [http://pandorawiki.org/Introduction_to_PNDs Introduction to PNDs on the OpenPandora wiki]
* [https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/a-possible-pnd-system-replacement.74709/ DBP development thread on the forums]
* [https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/a-possible-pnd-system-replacement.74709/ DBP development thread on the forums]

Revision as of 18:59, 31 March 2016

.dbp is a software package format with similar aims to the Pandora's .pnd format, but with a complete reimplementation. The main feature when compared to other packaging systems (such as Debian's .debs, which the Pyra will also support) is the ability to hot-swap storage media on which packages are installed. A daemon scans newly inserted SD cards for packages to add to an index used to generate desktop application menus, making them available to use almost immediately, with no special user-interaction. Should the SD card then be removed, the index is again updated to remove the relevant games and applications from the menu system.

Comparisons have been drawn to Docker, and to traditional ROM game-carts.

Installing/updating software

TODO: download from repository, put it in the root directory on an SD card, or put it in /home/USER/...?.

Further reading