appbrowser search dependency missing

[coreplayer]

I see the appbrowser has a much needed search window.  yet no matter what I search for,  the result of all searches comes up with nothing just an empty window.

I've seen this feature functioning in another system so am wondering what dependency is missing in my current install?

[Juanito]

I've seen this feature functioning in another system so am wondering what dependency is missing in my current install?

Supposing you have a working Internet connection:

Typing an extension name when "search" is showing and hitting <enter> will show extensions matching your query.

Typing a file name when "provides" is showing and hitting <enter> will show all extensions containing files matching your query.

There are no deps required.

[coreplayer]

Thanks for the quick reply   

Unfortunately neither of these option function as desired and yes I have a wireless conection

Typing an extension name when "search" is showing and hitting <enter> will show extensions matching your query.

Typing a file name when "provides" is showing and hitting <enter> will show all extensions containing files matching your query.

in the left window where the results of a search is expected there is nothing

[Juanito]

Hmm - it works for me on both wired and wireless and my Internet connection is awful..

[jur]

Do you click 'Connect' first? Otherwise you'll get nothing.

[coreplayer]

Yes it looks also like the search feature is grey'd out until I connect to the app server.  So I connect then apps are listed under "Select Extension"   and the list is long.  If I choose to search for one of the apps in the list like acpi  the lis of apps are removed leaving only a blank window.

After typing a known available app from the list after connecting then selecting search the errors listed in the terminal are:
wget: can't open 'tcz3x.cgi?appname: Invalid argument
grep:tcz3x.cgi?appname: No such file or directory
rm: can't remove 'tcz3.cgi?appname: No such file name or directory

for any pp listed the same errors occur

[Juanito]

It still works fine for me.

How are you using tc - standard installation, ntfs partition, scatter mode install, etc - is there anything unusual in your setup?

[roberts]

At least mention the version you are using!
Are using a custom local repository?

Lastly check that  /usr/bin/search.sh  wget is using tinycorelinux.net
Same goes for /usr/bin/provides.sh

[Lee]

There is probably something in your backup or possibly an extension (maybe wget.tcz? - just a guess) that is interfering with the search functions.

Under my normal TinyCore/MicroCore (3.6) setup, I get the same (lack of) results as coreplayer reports.

If I boot TinyCore base norestore, I get the (good) results Juanito reports (it doesn't just search for extensions names (which would not be terribly useful), but apparently searches the .info files' contents (which very useful, though occasionally frustrating)).

If you need wireless, booting with base norestore might not be very helpful.  

At a glance, /usr/bin/provides.sh and /usr/bin/search.sh do not seem to be the issue.

I haven't debugged further than that and probably won't have time to today.

Edit: wget.tcz is not the issue.  While I sometimes need it, I do not load it by default and it was -not- loaded when I tested earlier.  20110609 1206

[gerald_clark]

I am running mc 3.6 with Xvesa and a bunch of applications installed.
I tried both local and many of the supplied mirrors.
The search function works properly, but if you change mirrors, you
need to blank out the search field at the top and re-enter the search word.

[beroje]

3.5.1 TC display correctly.
3.6 TC shows nothing.

__________________________

En TC 3.5.1 se muestra correctamente.
En TC 3.6 no muestra nada.

[maro]

3.5.1 TC display correctly.
3.6 TC shows nothing.

This is a rather surprising report as the difference between TC 3.5.1 and 3.6 WRT '/usr/bin/search.sh' lies in the fact that the former points to 'www.tinycorelinux.com' and the latter to 'www.tinycorelinux.net'

And a quick test from my end where I'm emulating a search for 'bvi' shows that both are working:

Code: [Select]

tc@box:~$ wget -qO - http://www.tinycorelinux.com/cgi-bin/tcz3x.cgi?bvi | grep -v "^  <"
915resolution.tcz.info
bvi.tcz.info
tc@box:~$ wget -qO - http://www.tinycorelinux.net/cgi-bin/tcz3x.cgi?bvi | grep -v "^  <"
915resolution.tcz.info
bvi.tcz.info
tc@box:~$


[maro]

The search function works properly, but if you change mirrors, you
need to blank out the search field at the top and re-enter the search word.

I have a similar observation to report about the 'appbrowser' GUI insofar as if you first do a "search" for a certain string (i.e. you type in the string and hit 'Enter' to action a call to '/usr/bin/search.sh') and then want to follow it up with a "provides" for the same string you first need to edit the string (e.g. remove and re-add the last character of it) before hitting 'Enter' will action any call to '/usr/bin/provides.sh'. Needless to say that the issue also shows up in the opposite order of events (i.e. first "provides" then "search").

This is not a big problem for me as I prefer the CLI in 90% of all cases anyway, but other users might be confused.

[roberts]

Going forward the correct server is .net. Using .com actually results in a redirect so as to support prior releases, and will be deprecated in the future.

[beroje]

TC 3.6

=========================================
tc@box:~$ ab vlc
Application Extension Browser

         1. phonon-backend-vlc.tcz
         2. vlc-dev.tcz
         3. vlc-doc.tcz
         4. vlc-locale.tcz
         5. vlc.tcz

Enter selection ( 1 - 5 ) or (q)uit: q

Enter selection ( 1 - 4 ) or (q)uit: q
S)earch P)rovides or Q)uit: p
Enter search term, e.g. iwconfig: jpg

Application Extension Browser

         1. GraphicsMagick-doc.tcz
         2. Helix.tcz
         3. ImageMagick-doc.tcz
         4. arc-colors.tcz
         5. asterisk-1.6.tcz
         6. asterisk-1.8.tcz
         7. blobwars.tcz
         8. bombono-dvd.tcz
         9. bonecho-gtk2.tcz
        10. bsddb-doc.tcz
        11. cairo-dock-plugins.tcz
        12. celestia.tcz
        13. cheese-locale.tcz
        14. cheese.tcz
        15. cups.tcz

Enter selection ( 1 - 104 ) or (q)uit, (n)ext, (p)revious: : q

S)earch P)rovides or Q)uit: q
tc@box:~$
=========================================