Updated: May 29, 2023 |
You may need to use the QNX Software Center on a workstation that has no Internet connection or that has restricted access to external websites. If so, you can obtain packages or package archives for offline installation, store them on your local filesystem, and then import them into the QNX Software Center to add or modify QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) installations.
A package is the minimal unit of software you can install. It contains metadata (for instance, name, version, dependencies) and, in most cases, a payload of files. The filename for a package typically includes the .qpkg extension. A package archive, in comparison, consists of multiple packages packed into a single container such as .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.xz.
To add an installation:
Click Browse to select your baseline package or package archive.
Alternatively, you can use the Select package file(s) field to specify the baseline package for your installation. To specify the desired package, enter the Package Id and, optionally, the Package Internal Version. Make sure to separate the ID and the version by a slash (/). For definitions of Package Id and Package Internal Version, see Manifest report fields in the Manifest Reports & File Lookup chapter.
If your product requires activation, you can activate it now or later. See Perform manual product activation to learn how to activate a product offline.
To modify an existing installation:
You can install all of the items right away, or you can install some now and others later. When installing later, use the standard installation method described in Install addon packages.
When you import a local package for offline installation, the QNX Software Center stores the imported data in the offline package repository (also known as the dropins repository). You can clear the contents of this repository if you are running short on disk space. See Delete imported package data that you no longer need for details.