I just JB 312 and when I added simon.chronophoto.fr it didn't take. It doesn't show up under Manage > Sources, but it checks and errors each time I start up Cydia. Can I pull it from a plist somewhere?
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Manually removing a Cydia source
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/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
See it there?
All the packaged sources are their own .list file but the sources added manually are in Cydia.list
Good question! Now I have one:
Say I re-jailbreak my phone with a new, fresh install of Cydia. Can I SSH that file to my Mac and manually edit that file on my computer to add sources instead of doing them one-by-one on my iPhone? That'd be sweeet!!
Thanks guys!
Say I re-jailbreak my phone with a new, fresh install of Cydia. Can I SSH that file to my Mac and manually edit that file on my computer to add sources instead of doing them one-by-one on my iPhone? That'd be sweeet!!
Thanks guys!
Good question! Now I have one:
Say I re-jailbreak my phone with a new, fresh install of Cydia. Can I SSH that file to my Mac and manually edit that file on my computer to add sources instead of doing them one-by-one on my iPhone? That'd be sweeet!!
I tried adding a single source that way once, and Cydia did not add it, so in my experience, no.
Just buy PkgBackup for $2 or $3. It reinstalls all your sources and all your Cydia apps and works without a hitch.
AppBackup is free but it screwed my phone up so bad I had to restore to official Apple firmware and start over so I won't use it or recommend it.
Hmmm, ok. Thought I'd ask. Yeah I've heard of PkgBackup. Idk, I may have to give it a shot!! I was hearing that when you restore from PkgBackup, sometimes the order in which things install can mess up your programs/filesystem? I wonder if that is true or not. If not then that's the easy winner for me!
I have used it on 2 different phones after JB and both went perfect.
The only wrinkle I saw was some of the repos I added were put back in with the standard repo section, but I don't care as long as they are in Cydia and work, who cares what section they are in.
Good question! Now I have one:
Say I re-jailbreak my phone with a new, fresh install of Cydia. Can I SSH that file to my Mac and manually edit that file on my computer to add sources instead of doing them one-by-one on my iPhone? That'd be sweeet!!
Actually... You can, but it's not quite as simple (still is very simple though
). If you have installed APT already you should be able to add them as you described but then you have to update APT by running the command
Code:
su root
apt-get updateUpdate: I put the file in the folder, and it added the sources without any other commands!!!! Thats awesome.
You put a .list file in the folder and Cydia added it? Cool. I thought that's probably what cydia does every time it boots...
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get upgradeFirst updates the sources, second checks for package upgrades and such.
Cool!
You put a .list file in the folder and Cydia added it? Cool. I thought that's probably what cydia does every time it boots...
Code:apt-get update apt-get upgrade
First updates the sources, second checks for package upgrades and such.
Oh nice, ok! Lol, that'll be another important (time-saving) file to backup when I do upgrades! Thanks ViViD!
So I'm assuming you did just put the .list file in there?
The one thing with it is that some of those .list files are added as part of packages... So if they ever change or add more server addresses the sources can be updated in Cydia. You would not be able to do that by adding these manually.