Amiupdate and Autoinstall

I have been playing around with Amiupdate after noticing I have only 8
compatible programs listed within the program. I have many more than that
actually installed. How does Amiupdate retrieve the list of installed
compatible programs?

I also looked at some autoinstall scripts and noted they point to ENV to
retrieve information. I think I may have some issues with Autoinstall but I am
not sure as to how these scipts actually work. Can anyone explain.

Thanks
ace

You cannot make installed programs AmiUpdate-aware yourself. The developer of the particular program must do it, by registering the program with the AmiUpdate database.

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By looking for specific environmental variables in your system, and by comparing them against its online database.

Alternatively, have a read of the documentatin to get a better understanding of how it works:

http://amiupdate.net/index.php?page=developers

Simon

Rigo
Thanks I read that before posting. What I don't get is why Amiupdate doesn't pick up all my installed program's that are on the database, noting that some do not have ENV entries.

Ace

How do I tell AmiUpdate what programs I actually have installed without relying on the auto-find mechanism of searching the AppDir: ?

I am using TimberWolf actively yet it is not seen by AmiUpdate... is this a bug?

I also use datetime.docky along with TuneNet and these are also NOT seen by AmiUpdate

Yam tells me I have updates for MUI components as well which are also not seen...

is it possible to add any kind of mappings for any of these?

Is MUI: assumed to be Sys:MUI as a fixed pathing?

The problem with your list of questions is, that they are only loosly related to each other. After reading your questions twice, I would say everything is working as it should/is supposed to. Ah, and one answer is: No! (first question).

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You don't. AmiUpdate will use the path specified in the database to find applications. This can be either a fixed path (for libraries and such stuff), it can be an APPDIR: relative path, or it can be AmiUpdates own AppPaths: relative path.

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Had you checked what's in the database, you would have seen there is no entry for Timberwolf, so no, it's not a bug.

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Perhaps you already have the latest versions. If you really want to find out why, enable the "verbose" setting for the log, then perform a scan. All the information you require will be present in the produced log.

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There are very few MUI classes in the database, and most have not been updated in years. No-one has stepped up to actively maintain them.

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Yes, again, check the menus, all the mapping you need is in the "Map Manager"

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MUI: IIRC.

Simon